Riley, Vanessa: - In addition to being a novelist, Vanessa Riley holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering and a master\'s in industrial engineering and engineering management from Stanford University.
Riley lives in Atlanta..
You can catch her writing from the comfort of her porch in Georgia, with a cup of Earl Grey tea.
She loves baking her Trinidadian grandma\'s cake recipes and collecting Irish crochet lace.
She currently juggles mothering a teen, cooking for her military-man husband, and speaking at women\'s and STEM events.
She also earned BS and MS in mechanical engineering from Penn State University.
Riley, Vanessa: - In addition to being a novelist, Vanessa Riley holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering and a master\'s in industrial engineering and engineering management from Stanford University