Alexia Montibon-Larsson was born in southern California and grew up in a busy household of creative individuals in an area known as the Inland Empire. She received her Bachelor of ...view moreAlexia Montibon-Larsson was born in southern California and grew up in a busy household of creative individuals in an area known as the Inland Empire. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in art with a minor in art history from the University of Southern California. She has always enjoyed writing and loves reading fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, poetry and history. Forged In Fire, which was co-authored with her mother, Rita Tomoko Montibon, is her first self-published work. Alexia and her husband live and work in Los Angeles.view less