Bio:Carmen Welsh

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Carmen began life as an artist before realizing she was also a writer. The "furriness" began when she wrote and illustrated her own book, Cat the Bat,[2] which soon led to a comic-panel sci-fi series about a crew of felines in outer space when she was in Pre-K to Second grade. Later stories led to superhero dogs, fantasy cats, and other creatures, beings both real and imagined. Often she would draw a character and then write their back-story. Carmen's influences and interests include mythology, fables, 1960s suspense tales, history, sociology, science, technology, required reading in school, science fiction/fantasy (both films and books), foreign films, indie films, young-adult novels, illustrated children's books, comic books, comic strips, and graphic novels). She is also fond of Japanese manga and other Asian-related media. Carmen also attends Sci-Fi conventions. She’s published short stories, illustrations, essays, and articles in fanzines, on e-zines, web journals, a genre anthology, and print journals. She’s an official member of AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) and The Furry Writers' Guild. Her latest short story was “Night Sounds” (Nov. 2015) published in the literary journal Prick of the Spindle. The story is based on her Master's thesis that grew into a historical novel manuscript with anthropomorphic canines living in the Great Depression. Her official website is http://TabbertheRed.com, named after her feline character, Tabber, from the world six of seven published stories are based in. Carmen is the webmaster. You can find a list of her published work on http://TheAngryGoblin.wordpress.com. Carmen's art portfolio can be found on http://CopperSphinx.deviantArt.com