Mickey Hoffman was born in Chicago and attended public schools where she acquired the strong suspicion that some of her teachers might be human. She wasn't able to prove this fanciful thinking until much later, when she became a high school teacher herself.
     Before landing in the halls of academia, she worked a variety of jobs, including computer typesetting, museum docent, pet sitting and wholesale frozen fish sales.
     Mickey is also a printmaker and painter. She resides on the West Coast with her long suffering mate, eight marine aquariums and a very large cat.