I've been trying to trade biographies with someone rich, gorgeous, and charismatic, but until then have to stick with the, uh, less glamorous truth: I studied in Europe on a poor student budget (as in eating once a day) before earning a masters in history, afterward working as a governess, a bartender, and an electrical supply verifier—not all at the same time—until I capped quotations of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" with a screenwriter Harry Kleiner, who promptly offered me a job. I wore various hats in the film industry before I went back to writing for print.
To date I've published over fifty books, one of which was an Anne Lindbergh Honor Book; I've twice been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award and once a Nebula finalist. My romantasy Crown Duel has been continually in print since the early nineties. I'm an instructor at Viable Paradise Writing Workshop on Martha’s Vineyard, and I've got a Patreon, where future volumes are being posted in rough draft. I've been a reader as long as I've been a writer, and enjoy reviewing books I love both here at Bookbub and at Goodreads. My newsletter signup is here.
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I've been trying to trade biographies with someone rich, gorgeous, and charismatic, but until then have to stick with the, uh, less glamorous truth: I studied in Europe on a poor student budget (as in eating once a day) before earning a masters in history, afterward working as a governess, a bartender, and an electrical supply verifier—not all at the same time—until I capped quotations of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" with a...
