NJS Kaye is a smart ass. And she’s okay with that. A former professor and journalist, she has been writing professionally for 25 years. Her groundbreaking research on such diverse topics as the porn business, globalization in the media, and insurance policies in antebellum slavery is probably being taught to some poor college student somewhere.

She has worked with movie stars, Ivy League brainiacs, and the United Nations. Now she avoids stepping on Lego and has a slight addiction to her power tools and creating elaborate birthday cakes. She has lived in Philadelphia, Paris, Oxford, Toronto, and Vancouver, but calls Edmonton, Canada home with her husband and 5 year-old twin boys.

When she’s not writing, she runs a medical consulting company and serves on the board of an independent cinema. She also publishes romance as Nikky Kaye (but keep it quiet please; remember she has to protect her reputation as a smart ass).