Melinda S. Cumming, DVM PhD.  She is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and has a PhD in Neuroscience.  She is fascinated by the brain, behavior, the Oxford comma, and neuro-anything.  She would be a natural in the natural sciences!

She's lived all over the world (accents!) and has a storytelling flair (children's librarian) in her audiobook reads.  Non-fiction? Yes!  Fiction? Certainly!  Historical fiction, contemporary literature, fantasy, YA and mysteries (cozy and otherwise) are her current primary fiction genres.

She spends much of her disposable income on her dogs - toys, beds, chewies, and is happy to let the cat sleep under the covers.  The birds of winter in the Skagit Valley and tulips in the Spring keep her camera always available in the seat of the car (next to the dogs).