R. A. Dodson is the lower-heat pen name of USA Today bestseller R. A. Steffan. She lives in New Mexico, where the sunsets paint the mountains purple, and roadrunners roam the desert endlessly in search of their coyote victims. When she’s not busy writing stories, she can be found taking care of her small menagerie of critters.

A rebel to the core, she is currently sticking it to the man by illegally harvesting graywater from the kitchen and bathroom sinks to water trees outside. 

In her R. A. Dodson persona, you will find her writing fantasy and science fiction focused on families of choice, sometimes with romantic subplots.