Since launching her career in 2007, Shannon K. Butcher has penned more than twenty titles, including the paranormal romance series the Sentinel Wars (Willing Sacrifice, Falling Blind, Dying Wish); the action-romance series the Edge (Edge of Sanity, Razor's Edge, Living on the Edge); and a handful of romantic-suspense novels and works of short fiction. Being a former engineer and current nerd, she frequently uses charts, graphs, and tables to aid her in the mechanics of story design and to keep track of all those pesky characters and magical powers. An avid beader and glass artist, she spends her free time making jewelry she often gives away in contests on her Web site.