Gail Carriger: podcast appearances and interviews

Gail Carriger is an American archaeologist and author of steampunk fiction. Born on May 4, 1976, in Bolinas, California, she attended Marin Academy for high school. Carriger completed her undergraduate studies at Oberlin College. She earned a Master of Science degree in archaeological materials from the University of Nottingham in England in 2000 and a Master of Arts in anthropology with a focus on archaeology at the University of California Santa Cruz in 2008. As a writer, she is recognized as a New York Times best-selling author and has received the Alex Award in 2010. Her work often blends her background in archaeology with her interest in imaginative storytelling, contributing to the popularity of her steampunk fiction.