…is appropriately named. She collects, stores, covets and otherwise lives for books. She also manages Charity Auctions for many local conventions, where one can find, dare we say it - books. , Catherine was a Staff Writer and Advertising Director for ConNotations, a fan-run, non-profit newszine and currently hols those positions for The Nameless Zine for WesternSFA. She is the Charity Auction Director for most of the local fan-run SF conventions. She has run Programming for two Westercons, one LepreCon and several CopperCons. She is the Western Science Fiction Assn Secretary and manages a book donation collection drive for a school for homeless children.

Catherine lives with her husband, Ron, a 4-legged furry child, and her granddaughter. She currently works as a Data Administrator for the Bureau of Land Management. And, Catherine spent eleven years in the US Army. Go figure.