For years, I was convinced I’d end as a full-time artist. I even invested in art school, from which I graduated in 2008. Of course, things always turn out just a little different — in my case, I spontaneously threw myself into the writing business the same year I graduated. While I still create the occasional piece of art — visit my portfolio to see some of my work – my life these days seems to revolve around my netbook’s keyboard.

I write the occasional short story in various genres, but my focus is on novels, specifically science fiction and fantasy for young adults that ranges from dark family dramas to the light-hearted and cracky. I love developing vastly different yet realistic characters in a setting where the supernatural is weaved into our own world, and strive to find unique takes on that conflict.

As for the rest: I have a harmless Internet addiction, and my hobbies slant toward the geeky side of things — comic books, computers, RPGs, online fandom and everything SF/F, balanced out by a broad taste in music and movies and an affinity for sleeping until noon. (Beds are highly underrated.) I love animals, in particular my neurotic, mildly bug-eyed cat.

Photo by Suzanne Annaars.