J. A. Cullum is also the author of LYSKARION: The Song of the Wind (Book One in the Karionin Chronicles). As a child, she could read and write by the age of four. Her major writing influences can be traced back to her father's "stacks" - a collection of nearly two tons of science fiction and fantasy magazines - including works by Leigh Brackett, C. L. Moore and Poul Anderson. Cullum currently lives in Trinity County, California.