TammyJo Eckhart currently has twleve books in print, the latest one is the second book of a trilogy through Circlet Press set in the middle of the 22nd century were genetic engineering and corporate culture has created a difficult choice for her heroine Emily. Her agent is currently shopping another novel around while she works on the third book in the trilogy.A skilled storyteller, Eckhart enjoys reading her fiction to live audience so she is happy to travel in her region to perform readings, sell/sign books, and lead workshops and discussions on various aspects of BDSM, gender & sexuality, or the literature, culture, and study of science fiction, fantasy, horror and other types of speculative fiction. She has been a panelist, DM, and speaker at Derby City Fetish Ball, Duckon, Fandom Fest Louisville, Frolicon, GLLA, Headspace, Inconjunction, Kinky Kollege, Marcon, Midwest M/s D/s Conference, Millennicon, and is a featured guest for the forthcoming Utopicon. She has also attended over a dozen private organization events as their sole speaker. Anyone wishing her to come to your event, please go to her website for information.A huge but picky science fiction, fantasy, horror, and slash fan, Eckhart is also a prolific book reviewer writing 2-6 reviews a month for various publications. Her ongoing RPG set in the "Ghoul: Fatal Addiction" variation of World of Darkness 3.0 is run at several science fiction conventions and she is always looking for good actors to embody her complex characters. She is also a consultant for the "Servants of Gaius" RPG series from the Avalon Game Company using her experience as a historian and a gamer to help them make the background more realistic and playable.Currently she is also the creator and main writer for The Chocolate Cult (http://thechocolatecult.blogspot.com/).TammyJo earned her PhD in ancient history with minors in women's history and folklore in November 2007 from Indiana University in Bloomington, and uses both her scholarly knowledge and teaching techniques in her reviewing, writing, and storytelling. This fall 2012 she will once again be teaching a college level course on ancient Roman history at Indiana University.Feel free to learn more about her at http://www.tammyjoeckhart.com (mirrored at www.thetammyjo.com) or follow her latest adventures at http://thetammyjo.livejournal.com.