Chimia Y. Hill-Burton was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in December of 1981. She was raised in Giessen, Germany. She has been writing since she was twelve years old.Chimia’s inspiration to write as a first person author was Edgar Allan Poe. She loved the complicated characters, the inner dramas and the art of writing in first person. Chimia is a graduate from Chattahoochee Technical College and Mercer University where she majored in Criminal Justice. Chimia wrote Beautiful & Hero and Beautiful & Hero Love & Devotion in 2008. Chimia published Beautiful & Hero in August 2011 and the second edition 2015. Chimia currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.