Natasha M. Freeman is an author and communications specialist whose writing centers on thought-provoking, science-minded narratives and journalism, with the aim to unite people beyond the borders of their divisions. Her graduate and postgraduate areas of study include English literature, political science, and women's studies, but she has always maintained a personal interest in theology and the many ways in which people are affected by religion. Her fiction work has been nominated for the Ashton Wylie Book Award of New Zealand (honoring works that contribute to the growth and enlightenment of humanity). Her first nonfiction book, Our Changing Rivers (2005), about the science and practice of fluvial geomorphology, sits on the Geography curriculum of Rhodes University, South Africa. Natasha is a native of Alberta, Canada.