[2] She is the former Senior Editor and Social Media Strategist at StarWars.com for Lucasfilm and was staff writer for Star Wars Insider magazine for 10 years.

[3] Burton was born and raised on a farm[4] in Dodge City, Kansas,[5] to a mom who was a librarian[6] and a father who was a farmer and animal medical salesman.

At seven years of age, after a poem about the town was published in the Canadian paper, The Western Producer, she began submitting her writing to essay contests, which she often won.

[5] In between various positions, Burton continued to write for publications that included Wired, Craft, Bust, Geek Monthly, SFX, CNET, and Playboy.

[9] The book includes craft project tutorials to create Chewbacca sock puppets, Jabba the Hutt body pillows, Ewok flower vases, All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT) herb gardens.

Burton shares how readers can recognize these habits and behaviors in themselves and make changes to improve their relationships and stop perpetuating the cycle.

[19] The book draws upon interviews with Go-Gos guitarist Jane Wiedlin, Mystery Science Theater 3000 writer and actress Mary Jo Pehl, tattoo artist Hannah Aitchison, Tegan Quin of the band Tegan and Sara, artist Elizabeth McGrath and singer/artist Jessicka from the bands Jack Off Jill and Scarling.

"[25] Burton created, produces and hosts a comedy show called Geek DIY on Stan Lee's World of Heroes YouTube channel.

[26] In this show she crafts with her guests,[27] who have in the past included Grant Imahara, members of Team Unicorn, Wil Wheaton, Clare Kramer, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Robin Thorsen, America Young and more.

[20] Burton co-hosts the Vaginal Fantasy Romance Book Club Show on the Geek & Sundry YouTube Channel, along with Felicia Day, Veronica Belmont and Kiala Kazbee.

[34][35] She also starred with Andy Richter and Brendan Coyle in the animated short Batman: Year Minus Two by comedy writer Rob Kutner.