Upon graduating high school, I first attended the University of New Orleans as an art major; however, growing disillusionment with New Orleans in general, and the UNO arts department specifically, prompted me to first change majors, and then change schools, finally transferring to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I majored in East Asian Languages and Cultures, with a Japanese Literature concentration.  Working around the birth of daughter Rachel in March of 1994, I earned my BA in Spring of 1995, and through the auspices of a FLAS fellowship, went on to earn my MA in Japanese Literature in Spring of 1997.

Meanwhile, I had grown active in the world of anime fanfiction, and upon graduation drove a Ryder truck across the country to join fellow fanfiction author J. Austin Wilde (whom I had met on the Fanfiction Mailing List) in sunny Tucson.  One year later, we were married, and just over a year after that, in August of 1999, baby Madeline joined the family. 

In May of 2000, hoping to earn some extra money while staying home with the kids, I put my first pieces of artwork up for auction on eBay.  Furry art had been something I was always marginally interested in, and soon found out how enjoyable the subject matter and style of "furry" was.  In addition to furry artwork, I create and sell anime-style catgirl and fantasy art, and occasionally paint impressionistic still lifes. 

I also enjoy medieval recreation, embroidery, romance novels, manga, cooking and baking, sewing, and occasionally wielding power tools in a good cause. 

Since you've read this far, you get to find out a Secret Furry Coincidence: When I started selling furry art, I mentioned this to one of my cousins, who replied by saying, "You know, Uncle Will does that!" Yes, game animator and furry artist Will Faust is my uncle - but I didn't know he did furry art (other than his animation) until I did it myself. Small world, isn't it?