As the editor of Tied-In, the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW) newsletter, Brandie Tarvin has her finger on the pulse of every author who produces fiction with other people's characters. Her first published work, a short story in the Transformers: Legends was anthology based on the popular toy series. Tarvin is now a regular contributor of prose material for the Shadowrun series of role playing games and related fiction.Tarvin writes for the Blue Kingdoms fantasy series edited by Jean Rabe and Stephen D. Sullivan and is a freelance author for Catalyst Game Labs. She is working on Latchkeys, a collaborative new YA series, is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association of America (SFWA), the Horror Writer's Association (HWA), the IAMTW and attended the Viable Paradise writing workshop in 2009. She served a term as editor-intern at Musa Publishing and guest-edited several issues of Penumbra eMag.