Erica Leigh Reis, aged 23, was born in Austin, Texas. Her maiden name Reis is pronounced like Reese, as in Erica Reis's art pieces!

Erica graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2006 along with her fiancé Matthew Currey.

Erica has a bachelors of fine arts in Sequential Art (that means she majored in comic books! haw) and began work on Azuri during her third year in college. She completed volume 1 while still in school, and worked on volume 2 while graduating and moving to Illinois.

Her fiancé Matt works for Volition as an environment artist. Currently Erica is working on various manga projects for Tokyopop, along with freelancing in illustration.