A voracious reader from the age of three, Torah Cottrill discovered Robert Heinlein and science fiction and never looked back. But it was the original three Women of Wonder anthologies that most influenced her experience as a reader and, later, a writer. Her short fiction spans a number of different styles (urban fantasy, science fiction, fairy tale), connected by a focus on strong female protagonists.In addition to writing her own fiction, Torah has also worked as a professional editor for many years on a diverse range of publications, including the Journal of Democracy, the women's magazine Redfruit, and numerous roleplaying game rulebooks for the Star Wars and Dungeons & Dragons brands. She has also contributed as an author for the websites of several popular MMOs.Although her nomadic life has taken her to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Japan, as well as half a dozen U.S. states, Torah, her three children, and a stray cat they adopted in Okinawa have happily resided in the Pacific Northwest for the past several years.