She’s a full time social worker who writes in her spare time. Her first book, Sword of the Guardian, recieved two Golden Crown Literary Awards in 2007.Ĭurrently Merry lives with her partner and their many assorted animals in sunny Denver.

Romance is her favorite genre, so most of her work features a blossoming relationship in a fantasy/adventure setting. She continued to write throughout high school, and graduated college in 2001 with a B.A. Her love of fantasy and adventure began very early, and at the age of thirteen Merry completed her first novel-length story. She fell in love with reading at a very young age, and soon began to write her own stories. Raised in a conservative family, she was not allowed to watch cartoons and moved around so much that she made few friends and so she turned to books for companionship and entertainment. Her first book, Sword of the Guardian, recieved two Golden Cro Merry Shannon was born in California and grew up a military brat.

Merry Shannon was born in California and grew up a military brat.

Sword of the Guardian by Merry Shannon