A part-time teacher, Holly lives in the Piedmont Valley of Virginia with her husband and menagerie of rescued pets. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening and preserving the food she’s grown in an effort to live more sustainably and embrace the homesteader mentality. She also mentors several local teenagers and spends a lot of time chatting with various friends online. When she isn't busy writing, she can be found in an MMO or other online game acting out the next great novel plot in an engaging virtual reality.