 Mason claims to have been thrown out of Sunday School at the age of 12 for wanting to be The Morrigan when she grew up.She became part of science fiction fandom in 1982.Mason is best known in worldwide science fiction fandom for her "whimsical, humorous and richly-detailed" pen-and-ink illustrations in the fanzine "Plokta" and elsewhere, some of which have been collected in the chapbook "I Want to Be a Celtic Death Goddess When I Grow Up".