M. S. Najar is a Texas-based Latina fantasy author and the daughter of Honduran and Peruvian immigrants. Growing up within a family shaped by migration and multiple cultural histories influenced her interest in stories about identity, belonging, inherited legacies, and the struggle to define oneself beyond the expectations of others. She has always been drawn to vampires, magic, and characters forced to confront the darkness within themselves. Her debut novel, Blood Red Moonlight: The Apprentice Awakens, centers Ailyn DeLuna, a Latina-coded heroine whose name and physical features reflect the representation Najar wished to see more often in epic fantasy.