Pati Nagle has written nineteen novels and two collections of short fiction, besides all the stuff that hasn't seen print. Her stories have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Cicada, Cricket, and in various anthologies. She is a Writers of the Future finalist and finalist for the New Mexico Press Women's Zia Award. Her short story "Coyote Ugly" received an honorable mention in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and was honored as a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Award. She has also written a series of historical novels as P.G. Nagle and writes mysteries as Patrice Greenwood.She lives in the mountains of New Mexico. An avid student of music, history, and humans in general, she loves the outdoors but hides from the sun.Her latest novel is Kokopelli and the Virgin, a story of miracles and visions, set in the fertile, endangered Rio Grande Valley.