Bertena Varney is a Registered Yoga Teache- 200 via Yoga Alliance, a Usui Reiki Master, Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, Certified Life Coach, Certified Self Care Coach and is studying to receive her yoga teaching certification. She is the owner of A New You Self Care Coaching Services.

She is also the Associate Professor of Sociology at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College in Bowling Green, KY. She attended Morehead State University where she received her bachelor's and master's in social science and education, and a master's in sociology and criminology where she focused on cultures and counseling.

She spent her collegiate career studying the supernatural and metaphysical in her history, mythology, sociology, and criminology classes. She would find anyway to include vampires, angels, and more into anything that she did. Her favorites studies were pop culture and mythology.

She has also written home study course books including Angel Reiki, Healing with the Archangels, Reiki and more

Her previous works include supernatural focused books 3 Editions of Lure of the Vampire and contributor and editor of Vampire News: Tasty Bits You Can Sink Your Fangs Into, Vampire News: The Not So End Times Edition, Vampires Romance to Rippers Vol 1 and Vol. 2

She is also contributor to both The Witching Hour and Sirens Conference Compendium.

She loves making appearances to libraries, colleges, and conventions to discuss her love.