Little Conversations (25 page)

Sibylla
Matilde grew up in the mountain valleys of Southwest Montana exploring the
dusty Old West gold country on the back of a horse. She attended a two-room
schoolhouse beginning in 1st grade and had the same teacher until she changed
schools after 7th. Beginning at about age 12, Sibylla discovered historical
romance, feeding off of work of Jude Deveraux and Lisa Kleypas. She loves a
book that can make the reader run the gamut of emotions, from the sweet glow of
new love to gut-wrenching heartache. She is a true romantic and always has
stories floating around in her head, living in a fantasyland until she writes
them down to free them.

Music is her
emotional trigger. Growing up with a Wagnarian-loving mother, Sibylla was
raised to treasure music that digs deep into the psyche, drawing out elation,
sorrow, grief, desire. The soundtrack to her life includes many genres spanning
centuries. She looooooooves Thirty Seconds to Mars (rather obsessively,
actually... but, really, how can you NOT be crazy about those guys!?) and pimps
them out to all her friends through Spotify. She also delights in Met Opera HD
broadcasts at her local movie theater and hopes (listening Met?) to someday see
Diana Damrau reprise her role as Mozart’s Queen of the Night in Die
Zauberflöte.

Sibylla
lives with her husband and hero who saved her from her own calamitous,
young-adult self. He makes her laugh daily, even when things are tough. He’s
proved to her that love really can heal a shattered soul. In 18 years, they
have never had a fight, although they argue regularly with their two teenage
kids who have, unfortunately, inherited their father’s quick wit (unfortunate
as it is a quick wit that Sibylla, herself, definitely does not possess—there
is a reason she is a writer and not a stand-up comedian). They live a quiet
life with their two weird little rescued Chiweenies. Wait… teenagers &
little yap-dogs? OK, maybe not so quiet.

Email:

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Facebook:

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Twitter:

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Goodreads:

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7226522.Sibylla_Matilde