Shannon Greenland started out writing for adults and found her voice and home in teen fiction. Her award-winning spy series, the Specialists, was an ALA top pick and a National Readers' Choice recipient. Her young adult novel The Summer My Life Began made the Barnes & Noble suggested reading list and was the winner of the Beverly Hills Book Award. Shannon has a master's in education, teaches college classes, and is an avid adventurer. She can be found mostly in Florida, where she's outside enjoying all the Sunshine State has to offer.