Brook and Julia West are a husband-and-wife team who write science fiction and fantasy, both in collaboration and individually. Brook has a degree in physical geography and loves t...view moreBrook and Julia West are a husband-and-wife team who write science fiction and fantasy, both in collaboration and individually. Brook has a degree in physical geography and loves to build worlds; Julia's degree is in anthropology and she is fascinated by the way people and their cultures work. Brook is fascinated with anything Japanese (he reads, writes, and speaks the language), and Julia spent her first three years of college studying botany and has studied medicinal (and other) uses of plants in many cultures.view less