Shannon Delany
Shannon Delany is an American fantasy novelist. She is best known for creating the 13 to Life series, published by St. Martin's Press.

Early life and education 
Shannon Delany has written stories since she was a child. She graduated from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, where she studied secondary social studies education.

Career
Delany worked as a teacher before deciding to pursue her writing career. She began writing in earnest when her grandmother fell unexpectedly ill during a family vacation. 

In 2008, her greatly abbreviated version of 13 to Life (written in five weeks) won first prize in Textnovel.com's cell phone novel contest. After seeing her work, she was approached by St. Martin's Press to turn her short story into a full-length novel.

The full novel, a young adult romance involving a teenage girl named Jessie and a werewolf called Pietr, was published on June 22, 2010. It was praised by writers Jerri-Smith Ready and Maria V. Snyder.

Personal life
Delaney lives on a farm in Upstate New York, raising heritage livestock and heirloom plants, while writing on the side. Due to her interest in traveling and foreign languages, she is fluent in English, French, German, and Spanish.

Bibliography
 13 to Life, St. Martin's Griffin, 2010
 Beasts and BFFs (short story), St. Martin's Griffin, 2010
 Secrets and Shadows, St. Martin's Griffin, 2011
 Bargains and Betrayals, St. Martin's Griffin, 2011
 Destiny and Deception, St. Martin's Griffin, 2012
 Rivals and Retribution, St. Martin's Griffin, 2012
 Weather Witch, St. Martin's Press, 2013
 Stormbringer, St. Martin's Griffin, 2014
 Thunderstruck, St. Martin's Griffin, 2014
 Beware the Little White Rabbit, Leap Books, 2015 (co-editor)
Fright Before Christmas: 13 Tales of Holiday Horrors, Leap Books, 2015 (co-editor)
Skid by Tracey Martin 2016 (artwork)

References

External links 
 Author's Facebook page 
 Official website
 Author's website
 Author's website
 Amazon website

Living people
21st-century American novelists
American fantasy writers
American women novelists
Women science fiction and fantasy writers
21st-century American women writers
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)