Roxana Arama is an award-winning Romanian American author of speculative fiction, thrillers, and short stories, often drawing inspiration from her immigrant experience. She is the author of The Regolith Temple: A Sci-Fi Thriller, The Exiled Queen: A Roman Era Historical Fantasy, and Extreme Vetting: A Thriller. Arama holds an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College and is a member of SFWA, ITW, the Authors Guild, and Codex Writers' Group.