I'm a retired biologist who spent years studying rare plants and small mammals, and taking college students on semester-long field study expeditions into the wild parts of the world. I live in Idaho with my husband and Shelties.
Besides writing fiction, I've published a number of papers in scientific journals, and I discovered a new species of desert freshwater shrimp. I was the National Guard's Conservationist of the Year in 2010. I enjoy having the settings in my books be important to the story, and I include wild plants and animals that actually exist in those places.