Sarah de Almeida Hoyt was born in Porto, Portugal, and devoted a good portion of her misspent adolescence reading Shakespeare and Shakespearean biography. She eventually paid enough attention to real life to earn a Master’s in Languages and Literature and acquire a husband and two children. Currently she lives in Colorado with her family and a growing number of cats. Her works of short fiction have been published in Analog, Fantastic, Absolute Magnitude and Weird Tales. News and updates about her work can be found at sarahahoyt.com.