About
About the Author
Real Name: Meg
Birthdate: June 12
Sign: Gemini
Location: Denver, CO
Relationship Status: Married
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Food: pot stickers, sushi, crab legs, french fries
Favorite Music: Classical, indie, dance, cyberopera, anything by Michael Jackson, and angsty girls with pianos and/or guitars
Favorite Movies: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Pan’s Labyrinth, Battle Royale, The Incredibly True Adventure of 2 Girls in Love, Pirates of the Caribbean
Favorite TV: Chuck, True Blood, The Gates, Dexter, Xena, Glee
Pets: Three cats – Casper, Orion and Tig’em; Two dogs – Littlefoot and Petré
Hobbies: home improvement, reading, writing, sewing, web design, crafty stuff
Merry Shannon was born in California and grew up a military brat. Raised in a conservative family, she was not allowed to watch cartoons and moved around so much that she made few friends; and so she turned to books for companionship and entertainment. She fell in love with reading at a very young age, and soon began to write her own stories.
Her love of fantasy and adventure began very early, and at the age of thirteen Merry completed her first novel-length story. She continued to write throughout high school, and graduated college in 2001 with a B.A. in English. Romance is her favorite genre, so most of her work features a blossoming relationship in a fantasy/adventure setting. Her first book, Sword of the Guardian, recieved two Golden Crown Literary Awards in 2007.
Currently Merry lives with her partner, Shasta*, and their many assorted animals in sunny Denver. She’s a full time social worker who writes in her spare time. When she’s not writing she enjoys home improvement projects, reading, watching movies, traveling, sewing and crafts, and spending time with friends.
* – Merry’s Side Note: Yes, Shasta is her real name, and no, Princess Shasta’s character in Sword of the Guardian was NOT named after my partner. In fact, SotG was published over a year before we even met! “Shasta” was the name my eleven-year-old self gave this character when I first came up with the story idea. It’s definitely not a name you hear very often, so when my partner introduced herself the night we met (and after I was convinced she wasn’t some strange stalkerish fan of the book, haha) I knew it was DESTINY! <3