Laura E. Reeve grew up near Boulder, CO. Her parents fed her SF and fantasy novels and provided her with a typewriter, but had no idea they were creating a lifelong obsession with building worlds. To keep a day job, she got degrees in Chemistry and Systems Analysis. She spent nine years as an USAF Officer, holding operational command positions and having the opportunity to escort Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty inspectors. Her civilian jobs have ranged from Research Chemist to Software Development Lead. Her first novel debuted from Roc (Penguin/NAL) and began a military SF series about Major Ariane Kedros. Her fantasy series, Novels of the Broken Kaskea, starts with a murder-by-magic mystery and builds to epic fantasy. She currently lives in Colorado Springs, CO with her husband and a Shiba Inu who runs the household.