K. Dale Koontz

K. Dale Koontz may have watched too much television as a child. She learned to count via Sesame Street and first learned that genres could cross-pollinate through M*A*S*H. When she discovered Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the die was cast. In 2008, McFarland published her book Faith and Choice in the Work of Joss Whedon which focused on themes such as redemption, choice, and consequences in Whedon's work up to that point. (She's fairly sure Volume 2 could be written to include Dr. Horrible, Dollhouse, and The Avengers.) She is a founding member of the Whedon Studies Association (a great group of people, but don't mention Twilight. Just sayin'). She has presented original work on the Rossum Corporation in Dollhouse, Kitty Pryde, and Japanese anime. Working with her co-author (and husband - it's a twisted tale), she has written Wanna Cook? The Complete, Unofficial Companion to Breaking Bad (which has been translated into German, Portuguese, and Turkish), as well as A Dream Given Form: The Unofficial Guide to the Universe of Babylon 5. Both guides were published by ECW Press out of Toronto, Canada. Dale is available for speaking engagements and only occasionally uses puppets in her presentations.