LINA HANSEN has been a freelance travel journalist, teacher, bellydancer, postal clerk and science communication specialist. Numbed by all the factual texts, she set out to write the stories she loves to read— cozy and romantic mysteries with a dollop of humor and a magical twist. After living and working in the UK, Lina, her husband, and her feline companion now share a home in the foothills of Castle Frankenstein. 

Lina is the award-winning author of the Magical Misfits and the Da Vinci series of cozy mysteries. She has also written "Spirits of Gascony", a paranormal, romantic mystery.