From Wind Child (1982):

Rebecca M. Meluch graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a B.A. in drama.  She also has an M.A. in ancient history from the University of Pennsylvania and a black belt in tae kwon do.  She has worked as everything from a control clerk and keypunch operator to an assistant in the Classics department at Greensboro, and she has been active in nonprofessional theater.  Her other novels, SOVEREIGN and WIND DANCERS, are also available in Signet editions.  Miss Meluch lives in Westlake, Ohio.