Fiona Avery is a writer working in Los Angeles, California. Previous television credits include work on Babylon 5, Crusade and Earth: Final Conflict. She has also written radio drama adaptations of award-winning short stories for Seeing Ear Theater featuring such actors as Timothy Hutton. Her first novel, a historical tale about the French monarchy, The Crown Rose, was published in May 2005 through Pyr Publications. Avery’s recent comics include the Eisner-winning Amazing Spider-Man, and Big Apple Award-winner Arana, which also claimed a “Woman of the Year!” by Latina Magazine. Fiona loves writing about warfare and has read one too many ‘Art of War’ books in her day. Her favorite possession is a chisa katana from around the year 1200 C.E. She balances her tomboyish collection of swords, katana and toy lightsabers by wearing pink.