Shannon Muir holds a double BA in Radio-TV and English from Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, where she considers her hometown. In 2005, Shannon Muir received her MA in Communications from California State University, Fullerton. Shannon moved to Los Angeles, where she became an animation production professional, as well as a writer of animation scripts, authored the books GARDNER'S GUIDE TO WRITING AND PRODUCING ANIMATION and GARDNER'S GUIDE TO PITCHING AND SELLING ANIMATION, included in the ARIA KALSAN anthology, and co-writer of the long running webcomic FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY. TOUCH THE STARS is her first fiction novel. You can also follow her on Goodreads.