From the author's website: Mari Fee is a tea-swilling former archaeologist and heritage conservation consultant currently earning a Masters at the University of Calgary. Other interests include adventuresome cookery, growing tomatoes, exploring, and indie music. Interesting anecdotes include that one time Mari dug up a skeleton, and that other time she watched a black bear eat a box of Hot Tamales. As Yvonne Pronovost, Ms. Fee has published several science fiction, horror, and fantasy short stories in a handful of magazines and anthologies.