Gaylene Finkler is one of the characters in Senta and the Steel Dragon.  She is the sister of Graham Dokkins, Senta’s boyfriend.

Gaylene was not in my original draft.  I needed a waitress in The Drache Girl, and I just decided to make her Graham’s sister.  I went back and added a line about her in the first book, The Voyage of the Minotaur.  From there, she just kind of grew. In The Young Sorceress, she is married and already a young mother.  She adds a little fun to the story and she’s one of the few characters at this point in the story who isn’t afraid of Senta.

Gaylene is named for my aunt.