I myself was born in Sacramento, California in 1966.

My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.

I think people enjoy a series. When you like a story, many readers want more of the same, which is dandy, if the author and the characters have more to say.

I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind.

All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there.

I myself was born in Sacramento, California in 1966.

I think the diversity of authors and readers is expanding, which is wonderful, because it means the type of story being told is also expanding.