Look and Listen

Biography

Hooked by comic books at an early age, M. K. Theodoratus’ fascination with fantasy solidified when she discovered the Oz books by L. Frank Baum with his strong female characters. She has traveled through many fantasy worlds since then. When she's not reading about other writer's worlds, she's creating her own. Most of her tales are set in the Far Isles where she explores the political effects of genetic drift on a mixed elf human population. She also writes about gargoyles, magic, and ghosts A sixth grade English assignment started her writing. The teacher assigned a short story. Theodoratus gave her an incomplete, 25-page Nancy Drew pastiche which turned into a full novel by the next summer. She’s been writing happily ever after ever since. PS: I'm retired now. I write to please myself ... but I like to share.

Inspiration

Probably my anthropology degree. It made me aware of the many ways humankind copes with survival. Also, it gave me the prod to create my Far Isle Half-Elven world when I wondered about the political effects of genetic drift on an elf/human hybrid population. Big questions. What happens to the long-lived magic workers when their world turns increasingly unmagical?