Bridget E. Wilde was born in 1972 in Elgin, IL; attended St. Joseph's and St. Edward's Catholic Schools in Elgin and graduated
from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora (class of 1990). For college, she attended University of New
Orleans, took some classes at San Juan College and Elgin Community College, and finally settled in at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, where she earned her BA and MA in East Asian Languages and Cultures, specializing in Japanese Literature.

She began her career as a fantasy artist in 2000, selling drawings of catgirls on eBay as a way to earn money while staying home
with the kids. Since then, she has expanded into the SF/Fantasy convention circuit, selling prints and originals across the country.
In addition, she created the cover art for the Whiskey Bards albums "Women, Whiskey, and War" and "The Recruiter: Free Rum
Ain't Free," and had her short manga story "Trickster" published in Tokyopop's first Rising Stars of Manga anthology.

Bridget is the mother of three fabulous children and resides in Tucson, Arizona.


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