Regina Novak Ingram is a West Coast storyteller with a suitcase full of life experience and a pen that refuses to sit still. Born in Los Angeles, she grew up as a spirited, adventure‑seeking lifelong learner raised by a single mother. Her childhood unfolded across the many neighborhoods and moods of greater L.A., eventually rooting her in Pomona in 1973.  A place that shaped her early sense of creativity, curiosity, and grit.

After graduating high school, Regina pursued the arts with intention. She studied at Chaffey College and Mt. San Antonio College, earning an associate’s degree in art before continuing her education at Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Fullerton. Along the way, she developed a rare blend of artistic instinct and strategic thinking, cultivating passions for writing, real estate, and stock market investment.

In 1981, Regina reconnected with a childhood friend, fell in love, and eloped with the traveling military man who would become her husband. Together, they built a life filled with movement, service, community involvement, and the joy of raising two daughters. Through all of life’s chapters, her first love, storytelling,  waited patiently in the wings.

Then it returned with force.

Her debut novel, Zany Park, introduced readers to a young woman navigating life’s uncertainties with heart, humor, and honesty. The book’s momentum carried Regina into her second novel, Sisters of the Sound, a powerful story of eight women brought together by chance and bound by a friendship that transforms them all.

Now, Regina is stepping into her most ambitious work yet: a 12‑book mystery series spanning shocking crimes across the United States, all connected by a secret agent determined to uncover the truth behind them. This series marks a bold expansion of her voice. One that blends suspense, character depth, and the emotional resonance that defines her storytelling.

Known for her fun‑loving, free‑spirited energy, Regina has become a prolific voice across comedy, fiction, and mystery  writing stories that feel like a road trip with plot twists. Now based in Washington State, she often sets her work along the West Coast, where her roots run deep and her imagination always finds its way home.