Shannon Thomas was born and raised in a rural area of Nicholas County, West Virginia. He spent his childhood in the deep woods and cool streams surrounding his home. He lived miles from the nearest school buddy, and he was often at odds with his three younger brother, so he spent many hours alone with only his dog for companionship. These hours were spent in far away worlds doing amazing deeds. His imagination knew no boundaries. He began writing his adventures in the seventh grade, and he became a steady winner in the county-wide Young Writer’s contest until he stopped competing in 1992.
Since then, he’s attended WV Wesleyan College, served four years as a US Army Ranger, returned to college, earned a degree, became a college instructor, and written two novels.
Shannon has finished a six-year run as a Cisco Academy instructor at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. He has also finished an eight-year enlistment with the National Guard. He currently works as a network administrator for a Hospital in Parkersburg, WV. He’s looking forward to more free time to devote to writing the third novel and to getting the first two published. His future plans may include graduate work, and he would like to teach again if he could teach writing classes instead of technical subjects.
When he takes time to relax, Shannon enjoys weight lifting, running, mountain biking, swimming, camping, firearms, reading, role playing video games, and live music. He also serves as an administrator for a number of websites, all of which have something to do with creative writing.
If you would like to learn more, please visit Shannon’s personal website or blog, where many, many more details and pictures await.
