| Lonna Mae Biography |
| Lonna Mae is a pseudonym, a ruse, a "tour name." Think "Publius" meets "Mark Twain." Why? My novels are explicit portrayals of very adult subjects. There are graphic scenes involving sex, drugs and some violence. There are specific discussions of drug trading and the effects of many drugs including alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, hallucinogens, narcotics and stimulants. The sexual issues explored include heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, promiscuity, fidelity and incest, although the graphic scenes are heterosexual. The violence is related to domestic abuse and that occasioned by the drug trade. Lonna Mae advocates the legalization of all drugs and refocusing society's resources from punishment to treatment, to destroy the black market and the monopoly that the medical profession enjoys. Lonna Mae advocates sexual and reproductive freedom and responsibility. And Lonna Mae condemns violence, corruption and abuse. Other subjects explored include philosophy, politics, religion, psychology, culture, mathematics, technology, meteorology, cuisine, mysticism and myths. No subject is taboo. Lonna Mae is an attorney who is concerned that her fitness might be challenged for the subject and content of, as well as the political and other views expressed in, her writing. Lonna Mae strongly advocates for a very broad and liberal reading of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Lonna grew up in New York City, suburban Connecticut and coastal Massachusetts and has called Vermont home for most of her adult life. She attended a private high school, a small liberal arts college and a small law school, all located in New England. Lonna has been fortunate to have traveled extensively, both throughout America and the world. While she does not play any musical instruments, she is an avid dancer and has studied both art and music history and theory. She owns hundreds of hours of live Grateful Dead, Phish and Pearl Jam and her concert experience with those bands alone is well over 300 shows. She saw her first Dead show in 1982, and her first Phish show at a private party in 1985, the night before a Dead Show. In 1991, she attended 67 Grateful Dead concerts in a row (and her first Pearl Jam show), and has personally experienced living on tour, with no address. "These stories seemed not to come from me, but through me. I thank the universe for the inspiration and my father for the discipline to write." |