Melanie Fletcher is an expatriate Chicagoan who currently lives in North Dallas with her husband the Bodacious Brit™ and their two fabulous furbags JJ and Jordan. JJ is a cat who thinks he's a dog, and Jordan is a cat who thinks he's Anna Nicole Smith. Only Melanie could have pets like these.

At night, she turns into SF Writer Girl, and has the SFWA membership card to prove it. Her fiction can be found in anthologies from Circlet Press, Yard Dog Press and DAW Books, as well as online zines such as Quantum Muse and Helix SF. With regards to novel-length work, she is currently finishing her YA fantasy novel Undercover Godmother and editing her SF novel White Knight, Queen Alice. And while it's seriously overdue for another episode, she also maintains an extremely tongue-in-cheek cyberpunk serial here called Hoosier Red. In related activities, she fences with the SFWA Musketeers and performs with the Feral Chihuahuas in Yard Dog Road Shows at SF conventions around the country.

During the day, she works as a technical writer and web designer. In fact, if you want to tally up all the things she can do, she can write, paint, sing, dance, act, fence, play a number of instruments, build dollhouses, knit, crochet, quilt, do needlepoint, cross stitch and crewelwork, moderate panels, fix cars, do simple plumbing and electrical work, do somewhat more complex carpentry, make a damn good deep dish pizza from scratch, and marry people. When she refers to herself as a Renaissance Babe, she's not kidding.

She's also a member of the Starfleet Ladies Auxiliary and Embroidery/Baking Society. It's been described as "the longest-running slumber party in history," and includes writers Janis Cortese, Julia Kosatka and Kellie Matthews, FAQMistress Cindy Tittle Moore, and Dr. Who New Adventures author Kate Orman as members. Lots of good stuff here.

While the society's name is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, she does indulge in a lot of quilting and needlework, and claims that her yarn jones is under control.