Selena I. R. Drake

Selena Inali Raynelif Drake is an American author and artist. She is best known as the author of the Dragon Diaries Saga, which currently consists of The Return of the Dragon Keepers

While attending middle school, Selena was given a book report assignment for her English class. She went with the class to the school library, where she randomly picked up Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey. After she finished reading the novel, she was inspired to start her own story about a young girl who could control dragons. Inspired by a mix of Anne McCaffrey's works, Dune by Frank Herbert, and Final Fantasy VII

Originally planned to be just a trilogy, the various evolutions of the story and the characters within changed that plan extensively. The Dragon Diaries Saga turned into a nine-book-long series. Further brainstorming with her friends Matt and Sabrina sprouted the two branch sagas, Mars Chronicles and Tomes of Rishai

In early 2009, Selena finished the first draft of her book, then titled Dragon Quest. After getting high praises from a number of beta readers, Selena published Dragon Diaries: Ascension herself in December of 2010. In 2012, she published the eagerly awaited sequel titled Dragon Diaries: Culmination

During the later months of 2014, Selena decided to combine Ascension and Culmination into one novel titled Dragon Diaries: The Return of the Dragon Keepers

She is currently at work on the next leg of the saga, Dragon Diaries: Memorandum, which will become the first half ofThe Dawn of the Dragon Keepers.