Please answer the following question: Read the bio below and try to give details on amy sterling casil 's:    - period     - genre       - birth date     - nationality     - birth place     - occupation     Bio: amy sterling casil -lrb- born 1962 in los angeles , california -rrb- is a southern california science fiction writer . her writing has often included southern california themes . her mother , sterling sturtevant , was an academy award-winning art director for animated films who worked for playhouse pictures , upa and charles schulz .
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- period is 1996 -- present- genre is science fiction- birth date is 1962- nationality is american- birth place is los angeles , california , united states- occupation is novelist