Dorrenna Mullins was born in Pike County, Kentucky. At the age of 6 she moved to Gallia County, Ohio with her mother, when her parents divorced. She returned to Eastern Kentucky at 12 years of age, and remained there until moving to Virginia Beach, Virginia in 2016. Then a single mother, she obtained an Associates in Arts in 2005, as well as a Bachelors in Social Work, in 2007. In addition to her book Beastly Dreams, available as an ebook and paperback, she is the creator and author of ourmodernfamily2k16.blogspot.com.