She has played in a variety of bands (songwriter, lead singer, rhythm guitar), and maintains an extensive personal Web site at
www.sharyn.org
. She drinks a lot of Diet Mountain Dew and likes to cause chaos in her wake.
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
MIKE DRINGENBERG
was born in Laon, France, and grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. (He is not a Mormon.) He is probably best known for his work as co-creator of DC/Vertigo’s
Sandman
series, with Neil Gaiman; he is responsible for the iconic representation of many of its principal characters. His work appears in the Sandman collections
Preludes and Nocturnes, The Doll’s House,
and
Season of Mists
.
He currently illustrates book jackets and CD covers, notably for various books by J. R. R. Tolkien, Kij Johnson, Kage Baker, and San Francisco’s Big City Orchestra.
Mike Dringenberg lives in Portland, Oregon, where he rides his bicycle everywhere.
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I’d like to extend my deepest thanks to Sharyn and Xenia (who posed) for their patience and friendship.