Rachel Coles lives and works in Denver, Colorado with her husband, and young daughter. An anthropologist by training, Rachel pursued her love of diverse cultures and passion for mythology into writing. She is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, and grew up with a rich background in Semitic and Middle Eastern folklore. Together with her husband and daughter, she enjoys martial arts, science fiction, fantasy, and horror, in all their forms. They are, in fact, the proud parents of one of the youngest Trekkies in the state.Rachel Coles' other credits include the story Orphans of Lethe in the new anthology What Fears Become from Imajin Books, and numerous other horror shorts in genre magazines.