Catherine Asaro http://www.sff.net/people/asaro/

Catherine Asaro's fiction is a successful blend of hard science fiction, romance, and exciting space adventure. Her novel The Quantum Rose won the Nebula Award for best novel of 2001. She is a three-time winner of the Romantic Times Book Club award for "Best Science Fiction Novel." To date, she has published 16 novels, 11 of which belong to her Saga of the Skolian Empire. She also writes a romantic fantasy series for Luna, the next installment of which, The Dawn Star, will appear in July 2006. When not writing and making appearances at conferences, Catherine also teaches a math club for homeschool children of all ages.