Worley was born in
Belleville, Illinois on March 16, 1958. After moving to
Minneapolis, Minnesota in the 1970s, she became one of the early contributors the
Shockwave Radio Theater there. While in the process of divorcing from her husband, Moving in together, they wrote songs and performed, both as a duet and with local bands, as well as being popular figures at
Minicon and other
science fiction conventions.
Omaha went on hiatus when Worley and Waller were both injured in a car accident; this hiatus was greatly extended when they had an acrimonious parting, which made their attempts at working together difficult. She married comic book writer
Jim Vance, with whom she moved to
Tulsa, Oklahoma, and had a son and daughter. In 2002, she and Waller reached a deal with
Fantagraphics to reprint
Omaha, with an additional 100 pages. However, she was diagnosed with cancer, and she died June 6, 2004. Vance and Waller would later complete the
Omaha series together, based on notes left by Worley. ==References==