I was deported from the American Midwest after graduating college, and held against my will since in California. I detest sarcasm. I became a published author in 2011, and put out nine books in romance and science fiction. In 2017, I decided to return to my first love, urban fantasy. I've been a featured speaker on a number of conference and industry panels on topics ranging from Fanfiction, to Audiobooks, to Serialized Fiction. I'm a world music devotee and I love to travel (just hate to fly - a conflict, for certain). I enjoy twisting the extant into the exceptional, often basing works on historical themes or legendary folk tales and mythology.