Author: Catherine Yronwode
Alternate names: C Yronwode, Catherine Ann Manfredi, Cat Yronwode
Born: 1947
Bio: <b><a href="http://www.luckymojo.com/cat.html">Catherine "Cat" Yronwode</a></b> (b. 1947) is an American writer, editor, publisher, and teacher.  A practitioner of herbalism and traditional magic, she is a founding member of the <a  href="http://readersandrootworkers.org/wiki/About_the_Association_of_Independent_Readers_and_Rootworkers">Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers</a>. She has had an extensive career in the comic book industry, and coauthored <i>Women and the Comics</i> (1985), the first book on women in comics. Born and raised in California, Yronwode attended Illinois' <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a> in the 1960s, through the school's unique <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_entrance_at_Shimer_College">early entrance program</a>. (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/wiki/Catherine_Yronwode#Brief_description">Shimer College Wiki</a>)