Born in Tucson, Arizona, Marlene Dotterer lived there until the day she loaded her five children into her station wagon, and drove north-west to the San Francisco Bay Area. Since then, she has earned a degree in geology and worked in nuclear waste. She now has her own business as a Personal Chef, and also teaches natural childbirth classes. But most of the time, she writes, obsessed with possibilities. She belongs to the California Writers Club, and the Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. She blogs at http://mardott.livejournal.com.