[2] In 2019, St. Martin's Press released The Orchid Throne, her first book in a new romantic fantasy series titled The Forgotten Empires.

She received a master's degree in neurophysiology from the University of Wyoming, Laramie, where she did her graduate work studying the brains of bats.

[7] She has also published essays, short stories and poetry in a number of publications including Redbook, The SFWA Bulletin, and Romantic Times, among others.

The fantasy aspect lets me create worlds, set up the social mores for maximum thrill and have heroines who are larger than life.

[19] Her novella "The Dragons of Summer," which first appeared in the anthology Seasons of Sorcery, was a finalist for a 2019 RITA Award.