Brew Confessions A Cozy Witch Mystery Hedgewitch for Hire A native of Southern California Christine Pope has been writing stories ever since she commandeered her family s Smith Corona typewriter back in the sixth grade Many reams of dead trees later she s happy to announce that her debut novel Fringe Benefitswas published by Pink Petal Books on April 8 2010 Her short fiction has appeared in Astonishing Adventures Luna Station Quarterly and the new journal of dark fiction Dark Valentine Her paranormal novella Playing With Fire was released on August 5 2010. While Fringe Benefits is a straight contemporary romance she writes in a variety of genres including paranormal romance fantasy horror science fiction and historical romance She blames this on being easily distracted by bright shiny objects which could also account for the size of her shoe collection. After spending many years in the magazine publishing industry she now works as a freelance editor in addition to writing fiction She lives with her husband and an explosively fluffy Pomeranian mix Her house is pink but don t hold that against her.