Patricia Collins Wrede was born March 27, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. She and her siblings (she is the eldest of five) grew up in the Chicago suburbs. She attended Carleton College, where she earned an A.B. in Biology and took no English or writing courses at all. Following graduation, she earned a Masters in Business …
Jason Katayanagi has been attending Clockwork Alchemy from its inception with the exception of 2013 when his daughter was born only days before the con. He has been an avid board gamer for many years, and he began to play Role Playing games by jumping into D&D 5th Edition head first, and DMing games before …
Kij Greenwood has always been surrounded by costumes. Her family was active in local community theater in her hometown of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. She shared a bedroom with two sisters and a vast costume collection ranging from matadors to giant ostriches. Is it any wonder that she was designing elaborate outfits for imaginary interplanetary beauty pageants …