Helen Barbara Pattskyn lives with her husband and children (both human and four footed) in a quiet suburb of Detroit, MI. She is working on becoming a full-time writer as well as doing volunteer work and still trying to find time to putter in her garden, watch the stars, and paint. Helen describes herself as a storyteller, a science fiction geek, and a bookworm; as introverted, but not shy. Her favorite jobs (besides being a writer) have been hawking left-handed mugs at the Georgia and Michigan Renaissance Festivals and painting polyurethane corpses for Gag Studio. She's also waited tables, cut fabric, and worked as a library assistant. If anyone ever asks, she describes her life as "quiet"--but even she'll admit that when you condense it into two paragraphs, it suddenly looks a little more interesting. Visit Helen's website: http://helenpattskyn.com. You can also e-mail her at thylacine.yawn@gmail.com.