Vicki Stevenson toiled for years as a computer programmer, systems analyst, and eventually Manager of Office Automation for a large defense contractor. Finally striking out on her own, she became a consultant to a computer component manufacturer, where she worked as a designer, writer, and trainer of manufacturing automation for semiconductors. She has a BA in Economics from UCLA. In addition to writing fiction, Vicki's hobbies are daydreaming and procrastination. She lives with her partner Sara, the love of her life, in Mesa, Arizona. They spend summers at their vacation home in Cottonwood, Arizona, which is considerably cooler than the Phoenix area. Vicki finds Northern Arizona absolutely enchanting and so she chose it as the setting for her fiction.