Shawn Vandor was born in Los Angeles, grew up in Portland, Oregon, moved to New York City, and has spent his entire adult life moving back and forth between these three cities. He has worked as a teacher and a professional songwriter, has written several screenplays, and recorded two pop/rock albums, Awesome and Paradise. He is currently living in Portland, where he is working on a memoir about being the product of donor insemination. FIRE AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW is his first book.