A native of New Mexico, Kathryn Gabriel Loving has published seven books. These include (under Kathryn Gabriel): Roads to Center Place: A Cultural Atlas to Chaco Canyon and the Anasazi; Marietta Wetherill: Life with the Navajos in Chaco Canyon; and Gambler Way: Indian Gaming in Mythology, History, and Archaeology in North America, among others. Her first novel, The Logos of Soul, a Novel on the Light and Sound, was a finalist in the 2012 Next Generation Indie Awards.