Shelly Jarvis began working on young adult fiction thanks to a writing assignment in Mrs. Burger's eleventh grade English class, but her passion for writing developed at seven when she wrote a Halloween tale about a witch and a ghost who became best friends.

An avid science fiction and fantasy fanatic, Shelly spends a large portion of each day dwelling in other worlds. She gives credit to Madeleine L'Engle with her introduction to the genre, J.R.R Tolkien for expanding her view, and Patrick Rothfuss, George R.R. Martin, and J.K. Rowling for blowing her mind.

​Shelly enjoys spending time with her wacky husband, Joe, her wonderful family, and her rescue pups, Gimli, Butters, Fergus, and Pickles. She currently resides in West Virginia, in the wild and wonderful mountains that have her heart.