I’ve always loved reading romances–since I was a kid. I got stuck for a while on the historicals–loving westerns, anything taking place in England, Scottish highlander stories, etc. Then I discovered the series by J.R. Ward about a brotherhood of vampires and they were so damned hot and alpha male, that I was converted! Ever since then, I’ve read a ton of paranormals and in reading them, I started thinking about my own storylines and coming up with my own characters. Then I just put my ideas to paper (or computer, I guess) and haven’t stopped since. I’m finished with one book now and on my way to my next.
As for my favorite para authors who have really influenced my own work, I love Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series. I’m also on the fourth book of Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series which is great so far although I’ve been warned it gets weird later on. I just finished a book about demons by Jenna Black and that was fantastic. I would say my interests border on urban fantasy/ paranormal. Somewhere in the middle.
That’s about it!