Biographical Sketch of Rebecca J. Carlson

I was born in 1973 in the same hospital in Utah where my oldest child was born over 22 years later. This upheld a long standing family tradition of two generations born in the same place. My mother and grandmother were both born in Los Angeles, California and my great grandmother and great-great grandmother were both born in Nagyvarad, Hungary.

Although born in Utah, I grew up in Arizona and Texas. Since starting my own family, I've lived in New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Arizona and Nevada.

I have an undergraduate degree in Physics from Brigham Young University, and worked as an undergraduate research assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory. During my college years I created the Journal of Extraneous Scientific Topics, a science humor magazine that tickled science students and teachers from all over the country and still receives requests for reprints to this day.

In 2007 I completed the manuscript for my first novel. To learn more about this saucy, original fantasy adventure, visit the Society of Peregrines.

I like wearing hats and building sandcastles.

In 2001 I discovered the folk harp and have been pluckier ever since.

Last but not least, as a full time homemaker, I daily do battle with the forces of entropy.

I am married to Russel Carlson, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Nevada State College.

I am the oldest of six children. Here are links to some of my siblings' homepages:
Rachel Hoffman-Bayles
Dallyn Bayles
James and Angela Hoffman
Jonathan Hoffman
Joseph Hoffman

I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and currently serve as Choir President and Primary Pianist. Check out the Players Hall at Gnomon Keep to find some scripts I've written for various church programs.