She had not thought of becoming a professional writer until she got her first child. She has said in interviews that she wanted to be a scientist but developed the hobby of reading and writing with the course of time. Ilona just enjoys writing without taking matters too seriously and this has helped her a lot in bringing out wonders through her pen. She publishes her novels as a hybrid genre mixed with all these elements which is very much liked by the readers. Most her novels are based on fantasy with additions of mystery and horror. The novel brought great success to her and motivated her to write more novels. She started her career with the Kate Daniel series and the first novel of the series was published in the year 2007 which was named ‘Magic Bites’. But, it was her husband who actually supported her to write professionally and even helped her to submit her first novel. She began writing novels as a hobby after graduating in biochemistry. She met her future husband Andrew Gordon while she was studying in West Carolina University in United States. Ilona basically belongs from Russia and moved to the United States when she was sixteen years old. The pair is has been top rated in the New York Times Bestselling Authors list for a number of times and are still holding the top position for their recent novel named ‘Magic Rises’. Ilona generally writes urban fantasy novels and is helped by her husband most of the times. But he resigned after a few years of service to help Ilona establish herself as a novelist. He was a top intelligence officer and was very qualified. Her husband Andrew served in the U.S Army as a communications sergeant. Ilona Gordon uses the name Ilona Andrews as a pen name for writing all her novels. Ilona Andrews actually stands for Ilona Gordon and her husband Andrews Gordon. Ilona Andrews is a husband-wife writer pair who are well known American writers and have written many noted novel series in their career.

Wildfire by Ilona Andrews