Natalie Messier is a Latina romance novelist and screenwriter originally from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. She has worked as a writers' assistant for the series Severance and Chicago Fire, and in 2024 she became a Reese's Book Club LitUp Fellow. She is currently based in Los Angeles, and when she’s not writing, she can be found searching for LA’s best matcha lattes, reading romance novels, and cuddling with her two cats.