L. Briar

At 4 years old, Briar’s home burned down. Worried for her daughter’s mental health, her mother began reading to her at night. The Hobbit, Harry Potter, and a waterfall of other stories gave Briar an appreciation for fiction's escapism. Unfortunately, this led to a terrible affliction called becoming a storyteller. There is no cure.

She tried to fight it by studying magic—or as some call it—engineering at The Ohio State University. She even became a productive member of society, hopscotching across the USA in the age-old effort of “making a living.” But after settling in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, she was forced to face the truth: sometimes, you just have to write things down.

Today, Briar is the author of over 42 short stories, and their 535%-funded Kickstarter hit, Gambling on Common Sense: Rationality, Romance, and the Space Between, is now available on Amazon.