Tori Carrington is the pen name by the husband–wife writing team of the late Tony Karayianni and Lori Schlachter Karayianni.
They have written over 50 romance novels since 1998, in addition to the 6 hardcover comedic-mystery Sofie Metropolis, P.I.
Tony Karayianni was born in Smila, Greece and he grew up in Athens.
Lori Schlachter was born in Toledo, Ohio, United States.
She studied at Catholic Central and graduated with a degree in computer science from Macomber-Whitney.