Noel-Anne Brennan has spent most of her time reading fantasy and science fiction. She has been writing it since 1986 when “Winter Reckoning” was published. She was a finalist for the Romantic Times Award for “The Sword of the Land” in 2003. She has also written poetry and non-fiction. Until she retired she taught Anthropology and Gender Studies at the University of Rhode Island. She lives with her family in southern Rhode Island. Occasionally, in her spare time, she sleeps.