Kathryn L. Robinson, originally from New Jersey, lived for forty years in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she taught university-level English and freelanced as a travel writer and editor. Her writing has appeared in newspapers, magazines, documentaries, and radio; her nonfiction books include Where Dwarfs Reign: A Tropical Rain Forest in Puerto Rico,. In 2013 she relocated with her husband, trading the warm Caribbean waters for the chillier Inland Northwest lakes, where she set about focusing on fiction writing. She currently lives in Spokane, Washington.