Shannon K. Butcher, author portrait
© The Portrait Gallery/Karen L.

Shannon K. Butcher

After spending too many years as an industrial engineer, Shannon K. Butcher learned to write from her husband, bestselling author Jim Butcher. She learned the writing craft to help him with his stories but found the idea of writing her own too compelling to resist. She lives in Missouri with her husband and son, where conversations at the dinner table are more often about things someone made up than about anything that’s actually happened.
Rough Edges
Binding Ties
Edge of Betrayal
Willing Sacrifice
Falling Blind
Edge of Sanity
Forget Me Not
Dying Wish
Bound by Vengeance
Razor's Edge
Blood Hunt
Living on the Edge
On the Hunt
Living Nightmare
Running Scared
Finding the Lost
Burning Alive

Books

Rough Edges
Binding Ties
Edge of Betrayal
Willing Sacrifice
Falling Blind
Edge of Sanity
Forget Me Not
Dying Wish
Bound by Vengeance
Razor's Edge
Blood Hunt
Living on the Edge
On the Hunt
Living Nightmare
Running Scared
Finding the Lost
Burning Alive

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