From "ABOUT THE AUTHORS" in Flight to the Savage Empire:

JEAN LORRAH is the creator of the Savage Empire series, in which Flight to the Savage Empire is the fourth book.  The first three are Savage Empire, Dragon Lord of the Savage Empire, and Captives of the Savage Empire.  She is coauthor with Jacqueline Lichtenberg of First Channel and Channel's Destiny in Jacqueline's Sime/Gen series, and has written a solo novel in that series, Ambrov Keon.  She is also the author of the professional Star Trek novel The Vulcan Academy Murders, and coeditor with Lois Wickstrom of Pandora, a small-press sf magazine.

Jean has a Ph. D. in Medieval British Literature.  She is Professor of English at Murray State University in Kentucky.  Her first professional publications were non-fiction; her fiction was published in fanzines for years before her first professional novel was published in 1980.  She maintains a close relationship with sf fandom, appearing at conventions and engaging in as much fannish activity as time will allow.  On occasion, she has the opportunity to combine her two loves of teaching and writing by teaching creative writing.