Janet Freeman is a lifelong inhabitant of Washington State, though she occasionally strays elsewhere. Using her engineering degrees from MIT and Caltech, she worked in product development for more than two decades and produced copious corporate fiction. She now writes science articles and science fiction with occasional attempts at humor. Her personal studies focus on brain science, with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s, autism and memory. She credits cousin Mary Rosenblum for renewing her interest in publishing fiction. Her first pro short story appeared in Analog last year.