Amy Kaplan was born in Chicago, Illinois. She has lived in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland, Louisiana, Texas and Australia. Amy is the mother of five and grandmother of two children. Amy considers her family and friends to be most important to her. If she isn't spending time playing games with her friends and family, you can almost always find her around her two cats, Polly and Calgary. Author of eagerly awaited and whimsical children's books often based on old folk tales; Amy is also the author of a number of gaming aids for role-players.