Ivelisse Housman

Ivelisse Housman is a half-Virginian half -Puerto Rican, which means she has a huge love for fried foods and rolling mountains. She was brought up in a Puerto Rican American home and always found fascination in the stories that spanned the two worlds.She is best described herself as a young adult fantasy author that is best known for her debut fantasy work “Unseelie.” The work is about an autistic changeling that goes on a road trip with her friends, which leads them to faerie realms and back to the real world.Ivelisse has said that she drew upon her real-life experience growing up as an autistic teenager in penning her blockbuster adult fantasy work. What is interesting about Ivalisse is that she wrote her debut novel for her younger self.