Shannon spent her childhood in the pristine mountains of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Inspired by the beauty of nature all around her, she spent many days running through the pine and aspen trees that surrounded her home. After immersing herself in children's literature and telling this story to her elementary students for the past 15 years, she finally decided to write the story of The Perfect Birdhouse, and follow her dream to see this story as a children's book. She'll never forget the sweet moment in time as she watched a room full of children reading her book! She hopes you will see, just...