Ember Shane was born in Oak Ridge, TN, but currently resides with her son in southern Ohio. Although her past career choices range from beautician to professional women's football to an associates degree in nursing, her passion for writing has remained with her from youth. Of Royal Descent, the first book in The Doyle Hawthorne Series, was her debut novel. Ember is currently working on the third novel in the series, tentatively scheduled to be released summer 2015.