Madeleine Lycka was born and raised in mid-Michigan. She has lived in San Francisco since 1989. She graduated with honors from San Francisco State University, and is the author of two fiction novels. Her first novel, "Night Weaver," is a lesbian vampire novel set in San Francisco. Her second novel, "Colossus of Arms," is a sci-fi novel of exploration, lost love, and the true meaning of art, set on an exotic planet called Earth.