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 in 3rd Grade 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 sequel, Down The Tubes, is quite complicated and in a state of ‘nearly done, I hope’. Book three, The Hidden Doors is in a delightful state of disarray, and book four, Off The Rails, is in development.
A hopeless foodie, she also writes cookbooks (Steamed and Steamy, Shredding It). And being a child at heart forever led her to write Full Steam Ahead: A Short Story Collection Where Kids Save the Day. Her love of rhymes and wordplay resulted in Parlor Poetry: A Victorian Versification Abecedary.