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name: Shawn Speakman
about: ﻿Shawn Speakman grew up in the beautiful wilds of Washington State near a volcano and surrounded by old-growth forests filled with magic. After moving to Seattle to attend the University of Washington, he befriended New York Times best-selling fantasy author Terry Brooks and became his webmaster, leading to an enchanted life surrounded by words.He was a manager at one of the largest Barnes &amp; Noble Booksellers in the country for many years and now owns the online bookstore The Signed Page, manages the websites for several authors, and is a freelance writer for Random House.He also contributed the annotations for The Annotated Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks, published in 2012.Shawn is a cancer survivor, knows angel fire east, and lives in ﻿Shawn Speakman grew up in the beautiful wilds of Washington State near a volcano and surrounded by old-growth forests filled with magic. After moving to Seattle to attend the University of Washington, he befriended New York Times best-selling fantasy author Terry Brooks and became his webmaster, leading to an enchanted life surrounded by words.He was a manager at one of the largest Barnes &amp; Noble Booksellers in the country for many years and now owns the online bookstore The Signed Page, manages the websites for several authors, and is a freelance writer for Random House.He also contributed the annotations for The Annotated Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks, published in 2012.Shawn is a cancer survivor, knows angel fire east, and lives in Seattle, Washington. ...more