Stacey Kade has written about everything from backhoe loaders to breast pumps. But she prefers to make things up instead. From her first childhood scribbles about a magical necklace that would turn people into cats, Stacey has long been fascinated with what happens when the "ordinary" bumps up against "out of this world." What if aliens landed on Earth? What if the afterlife is really just another dimension. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, Greg, and their three retired racing greyhounds.