Editor Michelle Footer

An avid reader and lover of all things fantasy and magical, Michelle was an obvious (and eager!) candidate for the editing team of The Lost Pleiades series. Michelle and Rosella met over a decade ago in the dark dungeons of the corporate world. They eventually broke free, but have remained fast friends and have since worked together on a multitude of projects, including both of Rosella’s companies: ASL Haus and F.O.Y Skincare, where Michelle has worked for the past 5 years. In her free time, Michelle loves to bake and can often be found trying to recreate the delicious treats from the book. Michelle currently resides in the hills of Silverlake, CA with her husband and two cats, but is keen to move to Middle Earth, or perhaps the Faerie Asbgah, just as soon as she can locate them.

Editor Dominika Ossowska-Martinez

As a long-time editor, writer, and casual wordsmith, Dominika Ossowska was beyond excited to join the editing team for the Lost Pleiades. A resident of LA by way of Warsaw, Poland, she has been devouring books and writing since childhood, and independently editing for over a decade. Being a graduate of literary studies at UCLA, it was an honor for Dominika to edit this magical novel, and be trusted with maintaining the important message of such a beautifully written story. Dominika has known Rosella for almost two decades - from their hey-days in the corporate underworld, to their current status as rogue freelancers, they’ve become superb collaborators and the dearest of friends. Along with fellow editors Michelle and Tabita, the unstoppable quadsome has formed an editing dream team, aptly and lovingly dubbed “Team Luca.” Their one hope is to witness this incredible story change the world. Dominika resides in the San Gabriel Foothills with her husband Nicholas, their darling baby Cassius, and two lovable pups, Huck and Bart.

Editor Tabita Padilla

Tabita Padilla is a born and raised Angelino of Mexican descent. She is the mathematician of the four siblings, and so she is a CPA by day. By night she is a musician and avid reader. Her passion for books came from her mother. Some of Tabita’s fondest memories are spending the day reading with her mom on the sofa. She has known Rosella for more than 15 years. When Rosella started this journey, Tabita, being her most trusted advisor, was the first to read the manuscript. She has and continues to work closely with the author through this process as a consultant and editor. Tabita also collaborated with Christy Greenwood to write and record the theme song for the books release called “Lost Angeles”. Their dream is to write the soundtrack for the movie one day.  

Artist Lizz Lopez

Lizz Lopez is a fine artist working primarily in graphite. She has a lengthy art history with a background in photography, sculpture, classical oil painting, graphic and movie picture design. Her work centers on death and is represented symbolically and allegorically via images of lady reapers, hands, and the macabre. Having been raised the daughter of a Baptist minister in Texas, much of her work demonstrates nuances of religion but extends into metaphysics and spiritual ideas ranging from Christianity to the occult. She has studied anatomy extensively through her education in science and anesthesia as well as formally in art school. She combines a meditative practice that incorporates magick and ritual with the intent of assembling each drawing as a spiritual invocation as well as a gentle admonition to the spectator reminding them of the transience of life. By inciting the imminent communal experience of death, she delivers a message of fragility and awareness of mortality. Her work concentrates on representing the morbid in an enticing sensual nature through the feminization of death further revealing it as an esoteric and delicate seductive form. “Most of my inspiration derives from my fascination with life, death and the quiet and sometimes, not so quiet motivation that exists in my daily life indicative of my own mortality. While we may not be conscious of it, this force is ultimately what drives many artists to create and work towards achieving something of significance in our lifetime. The spectrum of one’s birth, evolution and withering away brings endless stories and images to light. Some of my ideas are reminiscent of past experiences, some from my experience administering anesthesia and working with hospice patients, others are a tribute to the vanitas movement and the unfortunate transitory value of humans as they age. The work is intended to create a consciousness of time. The usual suspects include skulls, hands, crows, botanical elements as well as occult imagery. Anatomy, and more specifically, hands have embedded themselves into my work as self-portraits detailing their structural transformation through time."

Videographer Solange Aurelio

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Email: samedia44@gmail.com

Photographer Phillip Jojola

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Email: phillipmphotography@gmail.com

Website: www.phillipjolola.com

Makeup Artist Emiko Smith

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Email: emiko@emikosmith.com

Website: www.emikosmith.com

Music Composer Christy Greenwood

Christy Greenwood is a multi instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger, performer and recording engineer. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, she made the move to Hollywood in 2000 to focus on her percussion skills at Musician’s Institute, and instantly fell in love with the culture and music scene in Los Angeles, which has remained her home ever since. In 2004, Christy met her future collaborator through mutual friends, when asked to fill in on bass for a couple of shows for Tabita’s band, Traeh. Their songwriting chemistry was instantaneous, and they’ve played together off and on over the years since. Christy has also played in several other bands, as well as continuing to write her own material in her home recording studio, focusing on an atmospheric score style of music.

Social Media: @c.greenwolf

Email: drumchicken@yahoo.com