Hi! I'm Joann Swanson and here are some semi-interesting tidbits about me:

I was born and raised in Ogden, Utah, where I attended old Catholic schools with spooky boiler rooms and even spookier nuns. These things have understandably influenced my dark novels.

I work full-time as an instructional designer. Instructional what? Instructional Designer. I swear it's a real career. I also teach two undergraduate classes online for a university.

Sometimes I wish I could fly, but not always because I'm afraid of heights. Or of falling. Perhaps falling more than heights.

Besides writing, teaching, and designing, I'm an avid reader of just about every genre (plenty of YA, a smidge of Sci-Fi, buckets of horror, a dash of literary, even some graphic novels). Hubby and I splurge and do a big vacation once a year—so far, Victoria and Vancouver BC, Vegas, the Oregon coast, and Maui. Someday we hope to go to Sunnydale, CA. Why? Because Hellmouth.