G. J. Paterson lives in Tulsa, OK, with her partner of 35 years (and spouse since 2008), along with a passle of furkids. She writes book reviews for The Gayly, a regional newspaper in Oklahoma City, as well as the San Francisco, Portland and San Diego Book Reviews. She is at work on two new novels: one a mystery set in current-day Oklahoma, and the other a fantasy novel set in a time and place similar to the Silk Road that ran through Samarkand in Central Asia, circa 1000AD. G.J. is active in animal rescue and the LGBT civil rights struggle. She is a proud member of the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center in Tulsa.