A.M. Dellamonica is a science fiction writer from Vancouver, Canada whose stories have appeared a host of magazines and anthologies, from Asimov's to SciFiction. Her first novel, INDIGO SPRINGS, will be published by TOR and in bookstores in 2009; she has also been awarded a 2006 Canada Council for the Arts Grant for a novel called THE WINTERGIRLS. She teaches writing through the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. (www.uclaextension.edu).