Shawn Speakman grew up in the beautiful wilds of Washington State
near a volcano and surrounded by old-growth forests filled with magic.
After moving to Seattle to attend the University of Washington, he
befriended New York Times best-selling fantasy author Terry Brooks and became his webmaster, leading to an enchanted life surrounded by words.
He was a manager at one of the largest Barnes & Noble Booksellers in the country for many years and now owns the online bookstore The Signed Page, manages the websites for several authors, and is a freelance writer for Random House.
