Mary E. Lowd writes stories and collects creatures. So far, she’s had more than fifty short stories published, as well as two novels, Otters In Space and Otters In Space 2: Jupiter, Deadly. Meanwhile, she’s collected one husband, two children, three dogs, an indeterminate number of cats, and infinitely many imaginary otters. The stories, creatures, and Mary all live together in a crashed spaceship disguised as a house in Eugene, Oregon.