Andrea is a writer of history--both real and fictional. Her main interest is the late nineteenth-century American West, especially outlaws and lawmen, women, Native American history and the mythic West. She has a bachelor's degree in history and Great Plains studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a master's degree in public history from Arizona State University and a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Arizona. She has worked for the National Archives and Records Administration for more than twenty years. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with her husband, two daughters and four cats.