Stormy McDonald

Born in the midst of a thunderstorm in the darkest hours of a solstice morning, Stormy has been told she has a personality to match: full of sound and fury, and highly unpredictable. She comes from a family of storytellers — traditional, oral storytellers, that is — so it's little wonder that she's driven to weave words as well.

She can't remember a time when she didn't love books — from the feel and smell of the pages, to the information they hold, to the tales that they tell — but storytelling is a labor of love, which doesn't always pay the bills. Over the years, she's worked a ridiculous variety of side jobs to support her writing habit, including waitress, security guard, library minion, salesperson, hairdresser, handyman, engineering d

Born in the midst of a thunderstorm in the darkest hours of a solstice morning, Stormy has been told she has a personality to match: full of sound and fury, and highly unpredictable. She comes from a family of storytellers — traditional, oral storytellers, that is — so it's little wonder that she's driven to weave words as well.

She can't remember a time when she didn't love books — from the feel and smell of the pages, to the information they hold, to the tales that they tell — but storytelling is a labor of love, which doesn't always pay the bills. Over the years, she's worked a ridiculous variety of side jobs to support her writing habit, including waitress, security guard, library minion, salesperson, hairdresser, handyman, engineering drafter, and small business owner.