Cat Lindler

Cat Lindler is a scientist by education and a writer by inclination. She won the first writing contest she entered, in third grade in England, received a gift certificate to the village book store, and bought three novels by her favorite author of the moment: Enid Blyton. Today she shares her house with three bossy felines and 7,000 books. She imagines her epitaph as: “Felled while editing, trapped beneath a literary avalanche. She died happy and well read.”

Six years ago Cat took a sabbatical from her scientific work and sat down to write, not the scientific papers for which she was noted, but the fascinating world of fiction. Her world changed as the stories poured from her as though a clogged drain had been opened, and her characters whisked her on a journey that took on a life of its own. She is always surprised by what her characters say and do, and the plot twists and turns that evolve with no precognitive thought to take her along for the ride.

The early influences of first, Edgar Rice Burroughs, then, H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth, and later, Robert Heinlein and J.R.R. Tolkein, led her to an interest in the supernatural, science fiction, and fantasy. She wrote her first college term paper on witches, vampires, and werewolves. Later influences included the superb television series The X-Files, and writers Steven King and Dean Koontz. When not reading suspense, she turned to romance, and became inspired to add this genre to her writing repertoire through the works of Kathleen O’Neal, Jill Barnett, Dara Joy, and many others. Her stories are based on her own experiences, both natural and supernatural, and imagination, and driven by the need to share her love of the written word with others.

A devotee of animals, nature, and rock ‘n’ roll, and an admitted bookaholic, Cat runs her literary efforts past her harshest critics: felines Gandalf, Bertie, and Eowyn, who oversee every aspect of her work and her life.