After the book - and main character - of the same name, I'm a feisty, strong-willed, and passionate woman. Born and raised in southern Louisiana, I'm infinitely proud of my Cajun heritage and am pleased to say I was, quite literally, "raised on the bayou".

Coming from a land where ghosts and ghost stories were as common and accepted as the gray, curling moss dripping from the oak and pe...

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After the book - and main character - of the same name, I'm a feisty, strong-willed, and passionate woman. Born and raised in southern Louisiana, I'm infinitely proud of my Cajun heritage and am pleased to say I was, quite literally, "raised on the bayou".

Coming from a land where ghosts and ghost stories were as common and accepted as the gray, curling moss dripping from the oak and pecan trees, my precocious young mind was constantly stoked, feeding an already rampant imagination. I have been writing for as long as I could hold a pen; in fact, I've never "not" written. Even before I could hold pen to paper and form my thoughts into tangible words, brilliant and colorful stories played out in my puerile mind. Putting them to paper was simply a natural extension of what I was born to do.

I am, in my thirtieth season on this trip around the Sun, employed by my beloved state's government as an i.t. tech and web designer. My spare time is spent writing and graving - my two latest and greatest passions. I share my home with my very-Cajun boyfriend of six years and our furry cat-children: Gia, JoJo, Maggie, & Max.

My personal website is skatoolaki.com, the website where I keep my writing can be found at The Writings of Shanna Riley, and my personal blog is La Vie Sans Limites. My two main hobbies are graving and gaming.

If there is anything else you wish to know, please just ask.