KC May

I grew up in the mid-western USA and Hawaii, and earned a B.A. in Russian from Florida State University (Go Noles!). After a year in Taiwan teaching English and studying Mandarin Chinese, I lived in the Arizona desert, where I founded a Rottweiler rescue organization and worked as a software engineer and technical writer. My interests include computer programming, karate, backpacking, motorcycle riding, dog training, skiing, and computer gaming. I currently live in Oregon.

I started writing as a kid, but never considered writing for publication until I was around 30 years old. By the time I was first published, I'd written four novels, gone through numerous workshops and critique groups, and worked hard to improve my writing skills. In 2005, I attended the Viable Paradise workshop in beautiful Martha's Vineyard. I also attended a workshop by David Farland. I'm kind of a writing geek, I guess, into the art and craft of writing.

That same year, I entered my newly completed fourth novel in a contest for which the first-place prize was a hardcover contract. I won! At the five-year mark, the publisher reverted rights back to me, and so I self-published it under the imprint name Peach Orchard Press to make it available in ebook and paperback.

I'm a proud Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) member.

I also write the occasional (one so far!) contemporary romance under the pen name Alane Hudson.