Emma Bull was born in Torrance, California. She attended Beloit College in Wisconsin, and graduated in 1976 with a degree in English Literature and Composition.[1] After graduating, she worked for a while as a journalist and graphic designer.[citation needed]
Bull and Shetterly created the shared universe of Liavek, for which they have both written stories. There are five Liavek collections extant.
Bull has also participated in Terri Windling's Borderland shared universe, which is the setting of her 1994 novel Finder.
Music
Emma Bull and Lojo Russo at Cats Laughing reunion concert, April 2015
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Bull sang in the Minneapolis-based rock-folk band Cats Laughing. She also reunited with the band for two concerts in 2015, including a reunion show at the Minicon 50 science fiction convention.[3][4] Bull appears on Cats Laughing's two studio albums, and on the live CD and reunion concert DVD Cats Laughing: A Long Time Gone (2016).[4][5]
From the early 1990s to 2001, Bull also both sang and played guitar in the "goth-folk" duo The Flash Girls,[6] with whom she recorded three albums.
Screenwriting
Bull wrote a screenplay for War for the Oaks, which was made into an 11-minute mini-film designed to look like a film trailer. She made a cameo appearance as the Queen of the Seelie Court, and Will Shetterly directed.