Mahan, Deborah

S. A. Mahan is a fiber artist who loves to knit, spin wool, and weave fabrics the way she intertwines her story plots. A rancher and barista, she loves to travel to far-off places and hear from her readers.

Mahan is the author of "Chrissie's Run", a young adult thriller and finalist for the 2015 Dante Rossetti Young Adult Fiction Award, and "The Baby Sea Turtle", a young children's picture book that is a finalist for the Colorado Children's Book Award.

A mother of three and a grandmother of six, she currently lives in the Colorado Rocky Mountains with her husband.