Alma Marceau

June 1, 1956 Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA 1967—1971 Attended Errico Malatesta Preparatory Academy Salt Lake City, Utah. 1974 Graduated from London Polytechnic College BA, Fiber Arts. 1975—1979 Graduate work in Fungal Systematics Svevo University, Trieste. 1980 Publication of Ph.D. thesis: "On the Genealogy of Morels: The Evolution and Classification of the Ascomycetes, with Special Attention to the Genus Morchella." 1981—1991 Research Associate, CICMS (Center for the Investigation of Cryptogam Mating Systems), Institute for Fern Relations, Berne. 1992—1998 Extended sabbatical; travel to Paleo- and Neotropics; research begun for"Lofting." 1999—2001 Writing and publication of "Lofting." Currently editing the forthcoming anthology, "High Sticking," stories and essays on hockey and homoeroticism.