I was looking for biographical information on her recently, and there's not that much, but she's still alive (!)

Those two facts tend to go together for the less obscure people, because the Obit is often the main source of info! I'm happy to hear she isn't dead, though. Her books were, I think, only published by a smaller publisher, which is a shame - I think some of them could definitely have been better known and had a wider reach otherwise. But that's cool. <3