Shawn began writing in her late teens and kept pursing a career, eventually writing for the 1980s Filmation animated series "Bravestarr." She continued honing her craft, winning awards and earning recognition for screenwriting from the American Screenwriters Association. While pitching historical fiction to various publishers, her daughter asked her if she could write her a fantasy story. It was a challenge switching genres but one she accepted. Taking the skills learned from writing for children’s television along with experience dealing with children in AWANA and during her time in Civil Air Patrol working with teens, she began the Allon series. The result are stories of commitment, faith, and endurance; commitment to a cause, the faith to overcome obstacles and the endurance to see it through to the end. Shawn lives near Nashville, Tennessee.