After living for decades in Alaska, Stephanie Joyce Cole relocated to Seattle, where she lives with a rather predatory Manx cat (no tail!) named Bruno, a standard poodle named Rusty who is in perpetual motion, and an adorable husband named Chuck.  Since 1986, Stephanie has been associated with The Alaska Quarterly Review, an award-winning literary magazine housed at the University of Alaska, where she is currently a Senior Affiliate Editor.  Stephanie has a law degree from UCLA and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alaska, Anchorage.  She loves ceramics, hiking, yoga and of course reading, reading, reading.  Her goal is to write books that are both thought-provoking and entertaining, books that will carry readers into adventure in small-town Alaska.