C. P. Rowlands was born in Wisconsin but raised in Iowa. She attended college in Iowa and lived in the Southwest and on the West Coast before returning to Wisconsin. She is an artist in addition to having worked in radio, sales, and various other jobs. She and her partner of twenty-five years, Gloria, have five children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Three cats round out the house. She has published four books with Bold Strokes Books and is currently working on a sequel to the Lambda nominated Jacob’s War.