About Josie

A veterinarian by trade, Josie Ryann’s lifelong love of animals has always extended to mythical beasts and cryptids, and it was that passion that inspired her first book, A Malicious Menagerie. When not saving animals or writing paranormal romance, Josie loves to travel with her husband in search of mermaids and jackalopes.

Fun facts!

  • Josie lived in Scotland for four years. The national animal of Scotland? The unicorn! (Unofficially: the Loch Ness Monster.)

  • Josie has been able to recite the first two stanzas of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe since the eighth grade. When has this skill come in handy? Never.

  • Josie has been a dedicated member of the Black Cat Appreciation Society ever since her kitten Phoebe came into her life.

Meet Phoebe & Gracie!


  • Born in a straw bale with every belief she is a lost princess.

    Likes: booping Josie in the nose to wake her in the mornings, climbing the window screens to scare the birds

    Dislikes: loud noises, when her sister plays too rough, being picked up

  • South Carolina street cat and teen mom.

    Likes: pouncing on her sister, napping in laps, befriending service people who come to the house, FOOD

    Dislikes: water, closed doors, being told “no”