Densie Webb—not Denise—has spent a long career as a freelance nonfiction writer and editor, specializing in health and nutrition, and has published several books on the topic. She grew up in Louisiana, spent thirteen years in New York City, and settled in Austin, Texas, where it’s summer nine months out of the year.

Densie is an avid walker—not of the dead variety, though she adores zombies, vampires, and apocalyptic stories. She drinks too much coffee and has a small “devil dog” that keeps her on her toes. She has arrested development in musical tastes, and her two grown children provide her with musical recommendations on a regular basis.