She came from the sea
Like a pearl forged from the deep.
Light melts an old snow.

About the Author

John Shors, author Beside a Burning Sea

After graduating from Colorado College, John Shors lived for several years in Kyoto, Japan, where he taught English.  On a shoestring budget, he later trekked across Asia, visiting ten countries and climbing the Himalayas. After returning to the United States, he became a newspaper reporter in his hometown, Des Moines, Iowa, winning several statewide awards in journalism.  John then moved to Boulder, Colorado, and helped to launch GroundFloor Media, now one of the state’s largest public relations firms.

John’s first novel, Beneath a Marble Sky, was a ForeWord magazine “Book of the Year” and is available in fifteen languages. His third novel, Dragon House, hits bookshelves in September 2009.

John has been lucky enough to spend much of his life abroad, traveling in Asia, the South Pacific, Europe, Africa, and North America. Recently achieving his lifelong dream of becoming a full-time novelist, John spends his days writing and going on family outings with his wife, Allison, and their two young children, Sophie and Jack. Beside a Burning Sea is his second novel.