The shape and texture of words have fascinated Shannon since she learned to read. She got her first positive review at the age of eight on a school composition about a ghost in a graveyard, and began her first novel at 13. She holds an M.F.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania.
She started writing romance in 1991, and got serious in 1994 when she joined the Romance Writers of America. When she’s not writing, she loves to make historical costumes for dances and cons, beachcomb, play piano and harp, and other incredibly useful pursuits.