I spend far too much time driving to the middle of nowhere to look up at the stars and imagine the worlds that lie beyond our own. The next bit should comes as no surprise, given my stargazing habit: I am a science fiction and fantasy novelist and an accomplished poet. My heart is in storytelling, and my mind is always somewhere else (thought I work hard to keep enough of me grounded). Writing is my reason for everything, and I can't imagine as existence without it.