According to her web site, Roberta Gellis has a master's degree in biochemistry and another in medieval literature, and a peculiar working history: ten years as a research chemist, many years as a free-lance editor of scientific manuscripts, and 40 years as a writer. She has ventured into numerous literary genres, including romantic suspense, both historical and contemporary; science fiction; and fantasy. She has been married to her husband Charles for more than 50 years and the couple have one son, Mark, and a granddaughter called Elizabeth.
