Joyce Reynolds-Ward lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and son. An avid horsewoman and ski bum, she is also a middle school learning specialist in a small, rural school. She's been a Finalist in the Anthology Builder Match-that-Artwork contest, a SemiFinalist in Writers of the Future, and has recently published work in _M-Brane SF_ and _Nightbird Singing in the Dead of Night_ (Nightbird Publishing).