S. M. Randle knew as a young child writing music and poetry that she wanted to write a book someday. She has always been a mystery and horror buff, so in 2010, she decided to follow her dream to write a book - Night of the Shadows: The Beginning. This is her first book and the first one in the two part Horror Series. S. M. Randle has finished her second book in the Horror Series, Night of the Shadows: Murder and Mayhem, which came out in May 2016.