J. Kathleen Cheney is an American school teacher[1] and author of speculative fiction,[2][1] active in the field since 2005[1] and professionally published since 2007.
[2] Cheney was born and raised in El Paso, Texas,[1][2] the daughter of two rocket scientists employed at White Sands Missile Range.
after which she worked first as a department store menswear buyer and then a mathematics teacher.
She attended two summer writers workshops under James Gunn at the Center for the Study of Science Fiction.
She considers C. J. Cherryh, Ansen Dibell, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Georgette Heyer writers whose work has most influenced hers.