Barbara Kloss loves adventures, and finds them through reading, writing, trekking through the wilderness, and gaming--though she doesn't consider herself a gamer. She just happens to like video games. RPGs, specifically. She's also a bit of a fitness enthusiast, a classically-trained pianist, and she believes that maintaining balance in life is a good thing (coffee excluded). Before she opted to write full-time, Barbara worked for years as a clinical laboratory scientist. She was lured there by mental images of colorful bubbling liquids in glass beakers. She was deceived. She currently lives i...