A graduate of Bryn Mawr College (with the ever-useful Russian Literature degree) and UCLA (with a Masters in Library Science), Andrea Hull once believed it was a matter of course that someday a dragon would swoop out of the sky and carry her off. She remains disappointed. At any one time, she is on one of two continents that are not North America, has two children, a wonderful man, and the ever-present dread of climate change looming large over everything and making her want to sink into a deep sofa and never leave it. Otherwise, she is generally quite cheerful.