Shawn Speakman is the award-winning editor of Unfettered, Unbound, and Unfettered II, and the author of The Dark Thorn, an urban fantasy novel Terry Brooks called "a fine tale by a talented writer." An avid fan of SF&F, he owns The Signed Page and Grim Oak Press while freelance writing for Penguin Random House. He currently lives in Seattle, WA with his wife and two sons.