Hailing from Virginia, Ms. Columbus now lives in Charlotte, N.C. with her partner, Tom. A graduate of the University of North Carolina - Charlotte, she has a degree in English with a minor in Journalism and has worked for various area news publications. Ms. Columbus works for a global music company and in her spare time enjoys spending time with family and friends, writing, seeing live music, reading, checking out local art and, of course, playing with pets Destiny, Sabine, Willow, Murphy (d), Khaleesi and XX.