My name is Stephanie D. Shaver, and I’ve been writing and selling short stories in the fantasy genre since I was thirteen.

I have written three books, and sold none of them. Awesome! I’m working on number four now. I hope to complete a first draft when my busy worklife allows it.

I’ve made over a dozen short story sales in my life to various editors of professional anthologies, been a first reader for a professional fantasy magazine, aided and abetted in the organization of conventions, answered fan mail for other people, and have served as a ghost editor and writer.

After thirteen years in the wilds of Missouri (well, okay, St. Louis), I have moved back to Southern California, where I work for an epically cool company.

I met my fiance Mike in 1999, though neither of us knew that was our future at the time.  We were friends for nearly a decade, then we started dating, and then he proposed and I said yes.  So we’ve got that going for us.

So far our plans include getting hitched sometime in 2011, and visiting lots of countries where we don’t actually understand the languages people are speaking.  Oh, and camping.  Because we like camping.

In my not-so-copious free time I like exercise of all sorts (hiking, which often comes from the aforementioned camping) and pursue a strong interest in all cultures, cuisines, and languages.