Mary E. Lowd is a science-fiction and furry writer. She's had more than 130 short stories published, and Nexus Nine is her sixth novel. Her previous novels include the Otters In Space trilogy, In a Dog's World, and The Snake's Song: A Labyrinth of Souls Novel. Her fiction has won an Ursa Major Award and two Cóyotl Awards. She's the founder of the furry e-zine Zooscape. Mary lives in a crashed spaceship disguised as a house, hidden in a fairy's garden in Oregon. Learn more at www.marylowd.com.
