Anne Stinnett was born in Los Angeles where she spent her first decade reading books and playing in traffic. Due to the professional obligations of her own personal Leonie, Anne found herself, at the tender age of ten, sweltering in Palm Springs, CA. Learning to deal (cards not drugs) led her to Albuquerque where she graduated with a degree in English from the University of New Mexico. Thanks to her finely honed and practical ability to discuss fiction, Anne found herself so overwhelmed with offers of employment that she was forced to retreat to Palm Springs where she now lives with a pack of