Julia S. Mandala (www.juliasmandala.com) is a reformed lawyer who does penance by writing fantasy and science fiction. Her novel, House of Doors (part of Double Dog #5) and The Four Redheads: Apocalypse Now!, coauthored with Linda L. Donahue, Rhonda Eudaly and Dusty Rainbolt, are available from Yard Dog Press. Her works appear in Witch Way to the Mall, edited by Esther Friesner, The Four Redheads of the Apocalypse, Dracula's Lawyer, International House of Bubbas, Houston, We've Got Bubbas, Flush Fiction, and Best of the Bubbas (all from Yard Dog Press), and will appear in Fangs for the Mammaries, edited by Esther Friesner. She holds degrees in history from Kansas State University and law from Tulane University. She is a copy editor, scuba diver, underwater photographer and belly dancer.