S.E. Nordwall was born and spent the first half of her life in southern Arizona before moving to Pennsylvania in 2005. The varied landscapes in her work have been influenced by deserts, canyons, mountains and forests. She has a love of nature, creatures (both true animals, and the mythical and fictional varieties), tea, drawing, painting and fishing. She has the unusual hobby of collecting, studying and painting animal bones.
When she is not reading, writing or making visual art, she can often be found playing video games and is open about her undying love of the Legend of Zelda series. She also enjoys animation, including anime and is a devout fan of the Trigun franchise, especially.
She puts up free original short stories in a variety of genres, including whimsical following of writing prompts over on her writing blog, Rusted Dreams Stories on tumblr - https://rusteddreamsstories.tumblr.com/
She also has a blog for original art - mostly traditional drawing and painting at Shadsie's Art Attic - https://shadsiesartattic.tumblr.com/