She’s like the girl in the movie when the Spitfire falls
Like the girl in the picture that he couldn’t afford
She’s like the girl with the smile in the hospital ward
Like the girl in the novel in the wind on the moors
~~ Marillion, “Pain and Heaven”

“She has so many aliases, you’d think she was a spy!”
~~ Kate Willoughby

Dayle A. Dermatis is a published writer of romance, erotica (as both Andrea Dale and Sophie Mouette, the latter in collaboration with Teresa Noelle Roberts), fantasy and science fiction, and media tie-in. Cat Scratch Fever, her first novel (as Sophie Mouette), was published by Black Lace in August 2006, and she and Sarah J. Husch (writing as Sarah Dale) saw publication of A Little Night Music by Cheek Books in August 2007.

Dayle grew up in the Adirondacks of upstate NY, but somehow ended up on the opposite end of the country, living in central, northern, and southern California before embarking on a 4-year sojourn in Wales, UK (where she eloped properly in Gretna Green, Scotland). Currently she’s back in southern California, although she continues to travel frequently within the U.S. and abroad (37 countries to date), often via motorcycle.

She lives within scent of the ocean with her beloved, Ken, and two cats from Wales, one with three legs and one with extra toes. When not writing, she can be found doing historic re-creation with the Society of Creative Anachronism (with interests in costuming, weaving, and herbal concoctions), following her favorite band, Styx (90 shows to date, which, oddly is roughly the same as the number of short stories she’s sold), or renovating their 1911 Craftsman-style bungalow.

(Author Photo by Matthew Campbell, taken at Stonehenge)

Interviews

I was a guest blogger at Naughty & Spice, talking about my love of music and our inspiration for A Little Night Music.

You can read about my thoughts on, and inspiration for, “Some Old Lover’s Ghost” (Haunted Hearths & Sapphic Shades) here (and you don’t need a MySpace account to access it)!

I had a blast being interviewed by Michelle M. Pillow on one of her Pillow Talk Tuesdays!

Kate Willoughby, fellow Los Angeles RWA member, interviewed me in her blog.

Sarah and I, as Sarah Dale, were interviewed by Cheek Books.

Teresa and I, as Sophie Mouette, were interviewed by Black Lace Books.

The lovely and talented Vera Nazarian interviewed me as part of her Author Stop Tour series. (Check out the other interviews, too–she’s lined up an impressive set of excellent writers!)

I was interviewed by Carnifex Press, who published my story “The Sultan’s Sons” in Clash of Steel: Assassin.