Mary Turzillo loves cats and story-telling. Her "Mars Is No Place for Children" won a 1999 Nebula, and her Lovers & Killers won the 2013 Elgin Award. Sweet Poison, with Marge Simon, was a Stoker finalist and Elgin winner. Mary has been a British SF Association, Pushcart, Stoker, Dwarf Stars, and Rhysling finalist. Her recent books are Mars Girls (Apex, 2017) and Bonsai Babies (Omnium Gatherum, 2016). She fenced foil for the US at the Veteran World Championships in Germany, 2016. She lives in Ohio, with scientist-poet-fencer Geoffrey Landis, plus Scaramouche, Samurai, Azrael, and Tyrael, the last four of whom appear to be cats.