Joy V. Smith has been writing since she was a little kid; she loved to read, and she wanted to create her own books, so she did, complete with covers.  Now she writes fiction--her favorite genre is science fiction--and non-fiction.  Her short stories have been published in print magazines, webzines, anthologies, and two audiobooks, including Sugar Time.

Her books include Taboo Tech, Strike Three, Sugar Time, Detour Trail (western), Building a Cool House for Hot Times without Scorching the Pocketbook, Remodelling: Buying and Updating a Foreclosure, Hidebound (SF), Pretty Pink Planet, Hot Yellow Planet (the sequel), and a collection of her published short stories: The Doorway and Other Stories.  She lives in Florida with Blizzard the Snow Princess and Pemberley the tortoiseshell cat.