Katharine Kerr lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, two cats, and a vagrant skunk. Although she spent her childhood in a Great Lakes industrial city, she became a confirmed Californian at age nine, when her family relocated here. She’s the author of the Deverry series of epic fantasies, the Nola O’Grady series of light-hearted urban fantasy, the “Runemaster” duo, and a few science fiction works, mostly notably SNARE. Her website is www.deverry.com