A Scorpio with a Leo Rising, Tate Hallaway is an amateur astrologer and practicing Witch. Tate has been a fan of vampire fiction since she first read Poppy Z. Brite in high school. Her first short fiction acceptance was to a vampire ‘zine called Nocturnal Ecstasy Vampire Coven. In addition to the novels featuring witch and occult bookstore manager Garnet Lacey (Dead if I Do, Honeymoon of the Dead, etc.) and Precinct 13, she writes the Vampire Princess of St. Paul series featuring such books as Almost Everything, Almost to Die For, and Almost Final Curtain. Tate lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota with three black cats.