The not so stuffy bio: Born and raised in Houston, Texas, I often dream of living in Colorado's Rocky Mountains. I graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Sociology and started writing my first novel (which no one will ever see) at my graduation ceremony (it was long, I brought paper), realizing a little too late I may have studied the wrong thing. I often refuse to buy art for my walls because I think I can make it myself, so a lot of my walls are blank but my closets are full of paintings and crafts that are just okay. I love baking, I write songs and sing in a country band, I forgot how to play the guitar and the piano but plan to relearn and add the ukulele into the mix, and I don't love running but I sign up for races anyway (there's a medal at the end). My very handy and outdoorsy husband is a foot taller than me. We have a daughter who looks just like me and will probably also be taller than me one day. I'm already jealous about it.