Amethyst Loscocco is a writer, editor, binge reader, and science nerd. She studied Molecular and Cell Biology at UC, Berkeley and completed a post-baccalaureate writing program with honors at the UC, Berkeley Extension. She is now pursuing a Master’s in Science Writing at Johns Hopkins University.

As a technical, science, and health writer, she’s covered a range of topics, from soil biology to public health to genetics. As a fiction writer, she writes short stories that often involve magic, adventure, and the occasional ghost.

She lives in Oakland, California, with two dancing German Shepherds.