Kate Novak grew up in Pittsburgh, where she received a B.S. in Chemistry from
the University of Pittsburgh. After getting married, she gave up laboratories;
her husband Jeff keeps her from starving while she
pursues her writing career. Her works published by TSR include pick-a-path,
adventure gamebooks, and game modules. She keeps frantically busy gardening,
canning, cooking, recycling, and doing volunteer work for the Girl Scouts. In
her spare time, she teases her three cats.