Ruthanne's childhood involved a lot of time alone in the woods, which meant she never learned not to put Dracula, Transformers, and Dr. Who together in one story.

It was weird, but it certainly made for good play-time.

Branded with a love of complex characters, multi-layered plots, and unapologetic genre-bending, she writes stories about unintentional bad guys, underage heroes who spelunk societal expectations, and very crafty aliens. She currently lives in Washington with a cat, a husband, and a housemate (not necessarily in that order), and is capable of cooking a damn good pancake breakfast.

Currently Available: The Sundered, a soft science-fiction in which a young man searches for hope in a world filled with powerful but broken slaves and black water that kills on contact.

Visit her Twitter page, join her on Facebook, or contact her via good old email.

There's also her blog, if you really want to get to know her.

On a more personal note...

Hear me now: 1. When it comes to creation, if it hurts, you're doing it wrong. 2. There's no such thing as coasting. You're either going uphill... or down.

I hope you create. And I hope it never hurts.

Create without fear.