Lori Alden Holuta's first published work, a poem about a black kitten, was selected for inclusion in Valley View Elementary School's annual creative writing booklet. She was a 3rd Grader then, and has been writing ever since. Her lifelong fascination with the Victorian era dovetailed nicely with articles she wrote for The Primgraph, an online magazine which focused on historical reconstructions in virtual worlds, as well as music and book reviews for Steampunk Magazine.

Her first novel, The Flight To Brassbright, endeared itself to teenage girls and a surprising number of grown-ups. The Tenth Anniversary Edition is available now! Book two in the Brassbright Chronicles series, Down The Tubes, is a complicated writing challenge (six novellas forming one story) but will be ready as soon as life allows. Book three, The Hidden Doors is in a delightful state of half-written disarray, and book four, Off The Rails, is in development.

Lori is a foodie who creates unpretentious, homespun cookbooks filled with recipes from family and friends (Steamed and Steamy, Shredding It). A child at heart forever, she enjoys writing short stories for kids, which led to Full Steam Ahead: A Short Story Collection Where Kids Save the Day. Most recently, her love of rhymes and wordplay resulted in Parlor Poetry: A Victorian Versification Abecedary.

There are rumors that Chives, her cat, is writing a coffee table book. Which is of course impossible, unless it's not.