Laura Kinsale grew up in a small country town, surrounded by the influenceof her family's women: her mother, her grandmother and some maiden aunts.During her childhood she dreamed to be a painter, own a twenty-thousand acrehorse ranch in Arizona or the first woman president. But, she becameinterested into geology because near her grandmother's house, there was aroad-cut, that it showed the layers of limestone clearly, and there were fossils in it.
Laura obtained a Master of Science in Geology from the University of Texasat Austin. She worked as petroleum geologist, a career which consisted ofgetting out of bed in the middle of the night and driving hundreds of milesalone across west Texas to sit at drilling rigs, wear a hard hat, andattempt to boss around oil-covered males considerably larger than herself.While working, also spending a great deal of time sitting rigs and living inhorrid little motel courts in small towns, and she started reading a lot. Itwas pure escapism for her. She didn't really consider writting as a seriouscareer until she figured out her first plot, at thirty-five years after sixsix years as a geologist.
Laura Kinsale became a winner and multiple nominee for the Best Book of theYear award …
