Pati Nagle was born and raised in the mountains of northern New Mexico. A student of music, history, and humans in general, she loves the outdoors but hides from the sun.

Nagle's stories have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Cicada, Cricket, and in anthologies including those honoring New Mexico writers Jack Williamson and Roger Zelazny. Her latest novels are the high fantasy Swords Over Fireshore and the urban fantasy Eternal (Evennight Books).  She has also written a series of historical novels as P.G. Nagle.