L. A. Guettler is a freelance technical writer by trade but a creative writer at heart. She is currently at the literary mercy of Red, a beer-drinking, cigar-smoking, man-ogling space babe. Red first appeared in the sci-fi/fairy tale mashup anthology Circuits & Slippers. She continued to kick ass and take names in various short stories before finally breaking into long form with the debut novel Red Darkling. Red returned for new adventures in the follow-up novel Bonkpocalypse, and a cameo role in the interactive adventure Vacation on Planet Glor. She'll be back in a starring role in an as-yet-untitled fourth novel currently languishing in WIPland.