Naomi de Bruyn lives just outside of Victoria, Canada. Surrounded by lush forest and crystal lakes, she makes it a habit to escape the bounds of the 9-5 world as much as possible. She was hooked on reading while still in diapers, as her father's deep, melodic voice intoned Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories at bedtime each night. This led to a voracious appetite where the science fiction and fantasy genre was concerned, and a lifelong gripe about the lack of decent reading material -- "There's never enough!"

When not doing anything of more importance, she is usually being a scratching post for her three teen-aged kids and three cats. She is also a comfortable, and oft times unwilling, pillow and chew toy for her wolf crossbreed. He is grand company on walks, though, so it can be tolerated to some extent.

Lifelong eclectic interests in music and reading material have led her through some interesting situations, and provided her with some equally odd friends. She has had some poetry published and is currently working on a novel. Writing has always been a need, even if it's only for the enjoyment of friends and family.

Her favorite job so far has been driving a garbage truck around town by herself at night (had the library contract ... all those wonderful books and records just tossed in the trash!). She has no idea what she wants to be when she grows up, but due to fey blood in the family, there's plenty of time for decisions to be made.

Stories by Naomi include:

Jenn Adams
• In the Pool

Alias Zone
• Lucid Dreams

Luke Brindley
• How Faint the Whisper

Calico
• Songdogs

Andy Collins
• Barron Delta Blue

Coyote Run
• Coyote Run

Bill Douglas
• A Place Called Morning

The Fenians
• Have Fun or Get Out!

Spook Handy
• Breakfast at Bill's

Marilyn Harris
• Between the Lines

Hayseed Dixie
• A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC

The Highland Rovers Band
• Knights at the Castle

Hotpoint Stringband
• The Road to Burhania

The Kitchen Band
• Simply

Eileen Laverty
• Dancing with Angels

Jim Layeux
• Red Dust

Little Deer
• Earth Mother

The McGillicuddys
• Kilt by Death

Bill Morrissey
• Something I Saw or Thought I Saw

Natay
• TNT

Patent Pending
• Through the Window

Rachel Portman
• Hart's War

Sheila Ryan
• Samrad Linn

Mike Stevens
• The World is Only Air

Jim Sulher & Monkey Beat
• Bad Juju

Terre Differenti
• self-titled

Michael Tomlinson
• Trace the Sky

various artists
• Caribbean Voyage -- Grenada: Creole and Yoruba Voices


Lawrence Block, Out on the Cutting Edge

Karen Mueller Bryson, Hey Dorothy, You're Not in Kansas Anymore

C.J. Cherryh, Arafel's Saga

Wayne J. Keeley, Mahogany Row

Samuel M. Key, Angel of Darkness

G.S. Michelsen, The Veil of Light

Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

Edo Van Belkom, Teeth

Roger Zelazny, The Great Book of Amber


The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack


Jenn Adams


Bandfest 2001

Tony Latimer

Jeremy Walsh