Matilda Reyes writes with a wicked red pen and a soft spot for characters who bite back. A storyteller working across urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and romantasy, she builds worlds where magic and mystery crash headlong into pulse-pounding adventure — and the dialogue is always sharp enough to leave a mark.

She grew up in the Bronx, where city streets and seasons with serious opinions (blazing summers, brutal winters) first sparked her love of storytelling. That city-kid restlessness found a natural home in urban fantasy classics like The Dresden Files and The Iron Druid Chronicles — formative reads whose influence still echoes in her work today.

Matilda is the author of the Order of Vespers universe, the cornerstone of her ongoing Vespers Chronicles, and the Black Cauldron Detective Agency series, launching with Unearthly Magik. Both blend supernatural crime-solving with rich magical lore and the kind of unforgettable characters readers return to again and again.

On her current workbench: revised editions of both series, slated to land within the year. Further out, she's developing a romantasy that reckons with magic, technology, and the ugly consequences of hoarding power — plus a magic academia story that's already causing trouble. Both are penciled in for late 2027.

Before planting roots in Costa Rica, Matilda wrote her way across the United States, logging time on both coasts and making regular appearances at comic conventions as a vendor, panelist, and enthusiastic discusser of craft, creative influences, and an ever-multiplying TBR pile. Now she lives the Pura Vida life, drawing daily inspiration from volcanoes, coffee fields, and coastline. Her loyal beta reader and co-conspirator through every twist and spell? Pretty Parker, the world's best puppy.