I am a graduate of Clarion University of Pennsylvania, with a degree in secondary education English. After discovering that I did not want to be an English teacher. I was unemployed for a year, trying to figure out what to do, as I worked on writing my book and helping my family.
After going to my first Young Single Adult event in West Virginia (I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), I got a call from one of the libraries I’d left a resume with. I had the job and was working by the Thursday. I worked for 6 years as the Teen Librarian. Cooking, crafting, and other various things a librarian does.
But, after 6 years, I knew I did not want to deal with the Education system anymore. I loved my students, but it was too much. So, I quit to focus on the one thing I’ve loved doing since the age of three: write clean, adventure-filled stories.
My first self-published work was Destiny’s Call to Arms. I am currently reworking it to re-release it. I am working on that as well as Book Two, Quest for the Magic, as well as my next standalone YA mystery novel, Camp Disaster. Going to need lots of Kit Kats for this.
I live in the deep woods of western Pennsylvania with my family. I love writing, reading, listening to music and playing with our many cats. I have several cats, including a Mrs. Norris, Marc Anthony, Fred Weasley, and a Captain Horatio Hornblower.
Kathleen L Shay 