Let's make this birthday one to remember.

48 years old (Born on November 12, 1976)

Happy Birthday, Richelle Mead! May your day be filled with more excitement than Georgina Kincaid's love life and fewer complications than Rose Hathaway’s adventures at St. Vladimir’s Academy. Your incredible storytelling has enchanted readers worldwide—making vampires irresistible again (sorry Dracula!) and giving us heroines who kick supernatural butt while navigating life's hilarious mishaps.

From the captivating halls of Vampire Academy to Sydney Sage's witty comebacks in Bloodlines, you've gifted fans countless sleepless nights spent turning pages instead of sleeping responsibly. Here's hoping this birthday brings you as much joy as Dimitri Belikov discovering western novels or Adrian Ivashkov finding his next sarcastic remark!