Gretchen E.K. Engel
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Engineering |
| Location | Northeastern Arizona, United States |
| Introduction | A Different Kind of GEKE Gretchen writes steampunk that is heavy on ballroom intrigue she describes as "Downton Abbey with Gadgets" and urban fantasy set in the real world with a supernatural twist. When she’s not writing, she works as an environmental engineer, which she considers getting paid to research her STEM characters. She has authored hundreds of technical documents and published several short stories in anthologies and magazines. In her spare time, Ms. Engel skis, runs, and travels, always looking for a good montlorry tour of rugged places or a good place for coffee and tea. She calls herself a coffee drinker but has an equal love for tea. She lives in the mountains of Arizona with her husband, two children, and a trio of lucky black cats. |
| Interests | Writing, downhill skiing, biking, knitting, reading |
| Favorite Movies | Cinderella - the live action version It's a Wonderful Life Dead Poet's Society Meet the Robinsons - Disney's best animated movie |
| Favorite Music | 80s - alternative to hair bands and of course, Journey and Foreigner, My tween's playlist - Panic at the Disco Imagine Dragons and whatever she has on her current playlist, Writing music (instrumental or words I can't understand), Classical, Instrumental, Movie Soundtracks - Michael Giacchino Hans Zimmer John Williams, Celtic, German Opera - that one's kind of weird |
| Favorite Books | Atlas Shrugged, Gulliver's Travels, A Pilgrim's Progress, Chronicles of Narnia, Laurie's Common (and every other L2L2 title), Lizzie's books, Anything by Nadine Brandes, Anything by Morgan Busse, Anything by Kat Heckenbach, Anything by H.L. Burke (or really any Uncommon Universes title), Kathrese McKee's Mardan series, Anything by T.J. Akers (another L2L2 author), H.A. Titus's urban fantasy series, I'm a sucker for fairytale retellings and steampunk books |
What would you wear for camouflage if you were hiding in a gingerbread house?
A gingerbread brown turtleneck and pants with light brown boots. Of course if it has typical gingerbread wallpaper, I will cover myself in multi-color starlight mints. I'll blend in and everyone knows that gingerbread hags can't resist those things. She'll be so busy eating them, that I can peel off a few and escape.