As a lifelong lover of adventure, Celeste fell in love with books while growing up in her small Minnesota farm town, where each story brought with it a whole new world to explore. 

From there, she moved across the country to study engineering and join the Navy, where she served as a Nuclear Surface Warfare Officer for six years. While in the Navy, she drove some ships, made a lot of steam with nuclear fission, and traveled the world. She also met the love of her life, whom she now resides with in Colorado with their two young boys. 

It wasn’t until she was pregnant with baby number two that she had a story in her head she just couldn’t shake. She started writing it down in a document titled “silly thing”, which has turned into her debut novel, scheduled for release in early 2027. Nowadays, she can be found soaking up motherhood and using every (rare) spare moment to write novel number 2, or read about the magic of romance!