Shannon King

Shannon King grew up on a farm in southern Michigan. She has always loved being in nature and in addition to writing, she does landscape painting and enjoys traveling. After graduating from the University of Michigan, she taught literature at Northern Michigan University in the Upper Peninsula, Central Michigan University and at the University of Minnesota. She is the winner of three Avery Hopwood awards from the University of Michigan and a Minnesota Arts Board grant for fiction. U.S Review of Books says of Caldera: "King writes with a beautiful, relaxed style, exposing the world of her creation in bits and pieces, allowing the reader to supplement through their own experience and encouraging an interactive experience within the text. Descriptions are given with the eye of a painter... For full review:http://www.theusreview.com/reviews/Caldera-King.html#.UrWyAyif_Hg

Shannon has lived in Minnesota for the past 25 years. She is a writer, former college professor, and editor who has published short fiction, biography and poems along with numerous articles on art and architecture. Elements in her fiction are linked to her interest in other cultures, archeology, travel and relationships. She currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Caldera is her first novel. Questions for book groups are available upon request. She can be contacted at Odsbodkins@aol.com A paperback version of Caldera is available at Lulu Publications.