Kay Kenyon is the author of sixteen fantasy and science fiction novels. Her work has been shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and multiple times for the Endeavour Award and the American Library Association Reading List award. She has lived in Eastern Washington State with her husband Thomas Overcast for most of her creative life. She is a founding member of the Write on the River organization, in Wenatchee WA dedicated to helping aspiring writers.