Danielle Valentine writes bestselling YA horror under the name Danielle Vega. Her work, which includes The Merciless series, Survive the Night, The Haunted and The Unleashed, has been optioned for film and television by Lionsgate and Warner Bros, and has been translated into dozens of languages worldwide. Her first adult novel, Delicate Condition, was published in 2023, and was the inspiration for the hit television show American Horror Story: Delicate. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter.