Marla CooperMarla Cooper was astonished when, at the age of 18, she realized people could actually get paid to write things. So she switched her major from business to advertising much to the relief of her accounting professor and began her career as an advertisng copywriter. After moving to San Francisco, she became a freelancer so she could take advantage of perks like working in her pajamas, and now she writes a little bit of everything, including travel writing, web copy, and even the occasional haiku. While ghostwriting a book on destination weddings, she found inspiration for her first novel, Terror in Taffeta-the first in a series about a destination wedding planner. Read More Read Less