RHODA BAXTER writes contemporary romantic comedies. As her father s engineering skills were in international demand, Rhoda s childhood was split between the UK, the Pacific island of Yap, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. Rhoda studied at the University of Oxford and holds a DPhil in microbiology. When choosing a pen name, she got nostalgic about the bacteria she used to study, (Rhodobacter species) and named herself Rhoda Baxter after them. Now her day job involves protecting and commercializing Intellectual Property generated by University research. This allows her to stay in touch with cutting edge sc...