Masters Degree in Creative Writing, Seven novels published by Awe-Struck Ebooks, A little fickle about genre. My earliest novels were Regency romance/murder mysteries. Very fluffy. The last two are Science-Fiction adventure--also somewhat fluffy. My current project is a dark fantasy/horror featuring plenty of tentacles and ichor--of which I don't think you can ever really have enough. And actually kinda on the fluffy side.
Major influences? Tolkien, Jim Butcher, Anne MacCaffrey, CS Lewis, Jane Austen, the Brothers Grimm, classical mythology, Joseph Campbell, HP Lovecraf more...