About

I’m a writer, and yes, I’m also deeply involved in politics.  If you came here looking for info about my campaign work, sorry–there’s no further info here!

And this for readers:

I live in Iowa City. Have you heard the Interstate-80 Iowa song? It’s about driving through Iowa: “corn, corn, corn–look a tree!–corn, corn, corn, Iowa Citeeeee”. That’s pretty much what it’s like. I love living in Iowa.

Here’s a picture of me:

And here is a picture of my kitchen table, which is where I write:

Kitchen Table

I write on a computer named Pip, a shiny silver stealth MacBook laptop.

If you’re wondering how to pronounce my tricky last name, Prineas, click here.

My husband is a mad scientist. Here’s a picture of the Device in his physics lab:

The Device

There’s a Device in The Magic Thief, too. What a coincidence!

I have one cat named Feather:

Cat

And I have a dog named Fin.  He is a big doofus:

Fin
Here are some more things about me: Originally I’m from Lyme, Connecticut (yes, that’s the town where Lyme Disease comes from). I went to college in Minnesota and then did a PhD in English literature.

Before writing The Magic Thief, I wrote a lot of fantasy stories for adults; I didn’t even think of myself as a writer for children until my agent sold the book and two sequels to HarperCollins Children’s. Now I’m having a lot of fun being a kids book writer.  Another thing about me is that I have a thing for dragons.  I even have a collection of dragon action figures and a dragon tattoo!