Shanna Riker grew up in Memphis, TN. She graduated from Blue Mountain College, in North Mississippi with a BA in Theatre and a BS in Psychology. She is an actress, a writer, a dreamer, a hopeless romantic, an avid traveler and a firm believer that no one should ever grow up completely. She currently lives in New York City where she finally found decent sweet tea. This is her first novel. She also wrote and self-produced a play of the same name.She sends many thanks to everyone who has ever believed in her, and even to some who didn't.