Brief Author Bio:

Raised by artists down the street from a graveyard; thinks this was actually pretty cool as childhoods go. Writes, designs, cooks like a fiend, occasionally knits. Allergic to coconuts, artificial sweetener, and Ayn Rand. Multifarious interests + directionless ambition (= liberal arts graduate programs in the future). Shy. Fascinated by the grotesque and the melancholy. Likes amaretto sours and industrial design. May also like you, if you say hello.

(As of 2008, is chronically incapable of winning NaNoWriMo in the appropriate month. Will probably do it properly in August, when nobody is watching and nothing else is going on.)