Hi! My name is Helen B. Pattskyn and I'm storyteller, a science fiction geek, and a bookworm. I'm an introvert, but NOT shy. My favorite jobs (besides being a writer) have been hawking left-handed mugs at the Georgia and Michigan Renaissance Festivals and painting polyurethane corpses for Gag Studio. I've also waited tables, cut fabric, and worked as a library assistant. Helen Barbara Pattskyn lives with her husband and children (both human and four footed) in a quiet neighborhood in Detroit, MI. She is working on becoming a full-time writer as well as doing volunteer work and still trying to find time to putter in her garden, watch the stars, and paint. If anyone ever asks, she describes her life as “quiet”—but even she’ll admit that when you condense it into two paragraphs, it suddenly looks a little more interesting.