

Sheila Finch was born in London, England. She has lived in the United States since 1957, first in Bloomington, Indiana, where she did graduate work at Indiana University in medieval literature and linguistics, then in California. Her novel Tiger in the Sky , (Avon) won the 1999 San Diego Book Award for Best Young Adult Novel. Her novella "Reading the Bones" won a Nebula award in 1998.