Natli VanDerWerken is the author of the fantasy series "The Dragon's Children". She loves Dragons and has collected over 40 of them, many from the Far East while serving in the Navy as a meteorologist and anti-submarine warfare specialist. The Dragon's Children pentalogy developed from a fairy tale Natli told her grandchildren one Christmas Eve. The main character in each novel is based on one of those grandchildren. Natli is a native Coloradan, living in Aurora. She has a Masters in Computer Information Systems, develops websites, shows Shetland Sheepdogs, and quilts in her mostly non-existent free time.