AUTHOR BIO FOR NATALIE RUCANDO - SMEARED VAMPIRE

Natalie Rucando is a supernatural romantic thriller author and the creator of the Smeared Lavender series, writing under her creative brand Smeared Vampire. Her work blends dark romance, paranormal adversaries, international intrigue, and high‑stakes suspense, earning her a growing readership drawn to her lush, vampy aesthetic and globe‑spanning plots.

Originally from Arkansas, she spent her twenties in New York City building a career in finance on Wall Street and Fifth Avenue. She currently lives in New Jersey overlooking the NYC skyline, and part time in North Alabama where she writes, homeschools her children, and enjoys mysterious weather paired with a decadent bottle of wine.