Holly Sheidenberger has been a tap dancer, a gourmet cook, a theatre producer, a nanny, an actress, and an award-winning seamstress of Victorian costumes. She has performed in Ireland, survived a mugging, and managed the office of one of the biggest labor unions in Los Angeles.

She's the wife of a composer and musician working in Hollywood, and the mother and primary educator of their four daughters.

Living in the desert has taught her that it's not hot outside until your eyeballs are burning.