Monica Richards is a singer, songwriter, artist, writer and poet from the United States. A graduate of the American University with honors in literature and a minor in anthropology, she is considered to be an icon of the gothic subculture and has been in numerous bands, including Hate From Ignorance, Madhouse, Strange Boutique, Faith and the Muse, Anima Mundi, or Conflict, as well as a guest preformer for The Eden House and being a solo-artist.