Ayun Halliday (pronounced Anne) was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and came of age at the height of the preppy craze. After graduating from Northwestern University, she joined the experimental theater troupe the Neo-Futurists where she met her husband Greg Kotis, a playwright best known for the musical Urinetown. She currently lives in New York City where she is the brains behind the East Village Inky Zine and the author of No Touch Monkey, Dirty Sugar Cookies, and others.