About Heather
HEATHER SHAHAN was born in rural northern Florida in June 1987. She spent her childhood at the whims of her imagination, daydreaming and creating stories about elves, princesses, pirates, and fairies. She fell in love with reading in middle school and devoured books week after week. She earned her bachelors degree in Elementary Education from Florida Atlantic University. When she struggled to find a job teaching after graduating, she wrote her first book, and then her second and third in the same series before revising them again and again into what is now Burn the Ashes and Rush of Blood.
Now living in Texas with her husband Jeremy, son Isaac, and pup Oakley, Heather teaches by autumn, winter, and spring and writes by summer. When not teaching or writing, she can usually be found snuggling her family, reading, or slaying dragons on World of Warcraft.
The Books


Joining forces with old friends long thought dead, Anza and Eli fight to gain a foothold and sway public opinion. Should they make change peacefully and hope that minds can be changed or accept the harsh reality that genocidal leaders are too far gone? Others must choose for themselves whether keeping their element is worth the fight for survival.Continuing the fight, Rush of Blood questions what we’re truly capable of when we’re pushed to our limits.
What's Next?
Over the last five years, Heather Shahan has been working on a new series, DRAGONSLAYER. In Dri's world, dragons existed so long ago that nobody believes they were ever real, but Dri can see them. Shifted incorporeal, they coexist with the people of Cretala and feed off of their emotion, disease, and pain. One led Dri's brother to death and another has sunk its talons into her mother. Now, she's on a mission to discover how to finish them off once and for all. But, can one ever really slay their dragons?
Far more complex and intricately woven than her previous works, Dragonslayer will be the book to read for those who know what its like to battle the unseen.