Marianne E BurgessMarianne Burgess has been an avid reader all her life, but books of mystical quests and magic at both adult and young adult levels inspired her to write a fantasy of her own.

Marianne spent fifty years in education as an elementary teacherand principal and as a university instructor in a Faculty of Education. Although she always used books, stories and storytelling to build students' creativity and their skills in reading and writing, Shadow of the Spider is her first book and the result of many years of creating and combining stories.

Marianne has two adult daughters and lives in Calgary, Alberta with her husband and cavalier spaniel. Read More Read Less