Shannon A Hiner lives in the mountains of Northern California where, she claims, there is a vampire city, a pack of werewolves, and plenty of faeries. She occupies a small parcel of land with her Great Pyrenees, Caius and her trusty cat, Pangur Ban. She does not travel without her laptop, fondly known as Samuel. Shannon has an Associates Degree in Language Arts from Butte College, in Oroville CA. Her first book, Submerged In Darkness was first published in the fall of 2009. She promises there are many more stories to be told about The Immortal World.