Jen West is freelance writer in constant search for the next interesting character or story. Her interviews have appeared in such venues as Shimmer, Internet Review of Science Fiction, The Nebula Awards web site and Fairwood Press’s interview collection, Human Visions. She has degrees in Journalism and French from the University of Oregon. She currently resides with her writer husband, Ken Scholes, twin baby daughters, two pudgy cats and a box garden in St. Helens, OR.