Deborah L. Davitt was raised in Reno, Nevada, where she graduated first in her class from UNR in 1997 (as Deborah L. McRann). While an undergraduate, she focused heavily on Medieval and Renaissance literature from Beowulf to Shakespeare. She received her ma in English from Penn State in 1999, and later found work as a technical writer on projects ranging from nuclear ballistic missile submarines to nasa to computer manufacturing. She currently lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and son. She's published over two hundred poems that have appeared over seventy magazines, and her poetry has received Pushcart, Rhysling, and Dwarf Star award nominations. Her prize-winning short stories have appeared in Analog and Lightspeed, and have been translated into Italian and Czech. For more about her work, including her novels and her Elgin-placing poetry collections, Bounded by Eternity and From Voyages Unreturning, please see www.deborahldavitt.com.