After time well spent in alphabet cities-NYC, ATL, and DC-Tenea lives near the beach under a hundred year old Oak tree where she writes speculative fiction and makes music. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in various magazines and anthologies. She has published a poetry collection Starting Friction (Mayapple Press, 2008) and founded counterpoise records, where great stories breed with great music to spawn superior entertainment. Smoketown is her debut novel.