As much as she objects to the stereotype, Victoria is a red headed lass with freckles who hails from the Highlands of Scotland. This does however provide ample opportunity to quote the phrase “there can be only one” when her general quirkiness is remarked upon. As Scotland is pretty much a convention wasteland, Victoria has to make do with digital means of sci-fi hero worshipping such as Twitter or as she likes to call it “legalised stalking”.

Raised on a staple diet of Star Trek TNG, Star Wars and never ending re-runs of Planet of the Apes, there was never any doubt that she would grow up to be a super-geek. Reading countless books passed onto her by her father, Victoria chewed her way through epics such as Asimov’s Foundation series, Tolkien and later on David Gemmel and Orson Scott Card (the Ender Saga proving to be one of her most cherished favourites). If ever her sc-fi/fantasy quota has not been filled for the week, the ever dependable Alien Quadrilogy boxed set is never far away to balance things out, along with TV favourites like Dr. Who (of course) and Game of Thrones. Currently Victoria is grieving over the end of the Harry Potter movie era, but I’m sure she will pull through in time!

Having trained as a riding instructor, Victoria gave up this profession in her early twenties to become a stay-at-home mother to her little ginger clan. It was at this time she decided to take up her childhood hobby of writing, and began to produce short fiction pieces to keep her brain active. These days writing about her greatest geek obsessions is what she loves best, and is ever encouraged to do so by her equally geeky husband (computer engineer and all round sci-fi fanatic) much to her delight.