Victoria J. Hyla (Victoria Hyla Maldonado) is a Chicagoland native who has been writing all her life. She works as a freelance writer and editor. She also has worked as a high school English and English Language Learner teacher and director of several theatrical productions.

Victoria’s published works includes the Hearts Drawn Wyld trilogy. Book 1: In Death We Part and Book 2: Running in the Mists and Book 3: Awake in Elysian Fields are available for purchase on all major online book retailers as well as multiple digital platforms. The trilogy follows Brianna Wylder and Elyse Brennan Wylder as these women deal with loss and love and the world beyond.

Victoria is the editor and introduction author for The Evidence I Have Lived: The Complete Writings of Lisa F. Gullo.

Victoria also is the author of the children's book Bartleby the Brave and its Spanish translation Miedosin el Valiente.

Plus, her short story, "The Bridge," is being published in the Young Crush anthology, and her new children's book, Tears for the Butterly is currently being illustrated.