[2] Kirchoff was born and raised in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the city where the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game was invented.
[1] Kirchoff decided to write full-time, supported by her then-boyfriend, TSR game editor and designer Steve Winter.
[3] She worked on books such as The Art of the Dragonlance Saga and Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home, and later left then rejoined the company as a full-time editor.
"[1] Kirchoff wrote and published a short story and six novels for the Dragonlance series, including Wanderlust, Flint the King, Kendermore, "The Black Wing," and the Defenders of Magic trilogy.
She went on to become Chief Marketing Officer at start-up video game company 38 Studios for nearly three years.