H. Leighton Dickson

H. Leighton Dickson grew up in the wilds of the Canadian Shield, where her neighbours were wolves, moose, perennial-eating deer and the occasional lynx. She has been writing since she was thirteen and pencilled her way through university working for DC Comics. She studied Zoology at the University of Guelph, Ontario, and worked in the Edinburgh Zoological Gardens in Scotland, where she was chased by lions, wrestled deaf tigers, and fed antibiotics to Polar Bears by baby bottle! She has three dogs, three cats, three kids, one horse, and one husband. She has managed to keep all of them alive so far. \n\nAn award-winning indie author, Heather has written 8 novels, including the award-winning DRAGON OF ASH AND STARS, bestselling gothic thriller series, COLD STONE AND IVY and the Asian scifi/fantasy series, the RISE OF THE UPPER KINGDOM. She also writes for Bayview Magazine and is a photoshop wizard when it comes to book covers.