Nominated for a Writers Guild Award for her Star Trek: The Next Generation script, "Measure of a Man".
Practiced law for three years, working first for Sandia National Laboratories.
She studied voice at the Conservatorium der Stadt Wien in Vienna, Austria.
Former lawyer
In 2002 she took over the management of a small natural gas company in northern New Mexico. Her father had been one of the founding members and managed the company until his death in 1977.
Attends and participates in horse shows.
Contributor to the Wild Cards shared-world series.