Ally Shields – featured Author on ReneaMason.com

Ally Shields was born and raised in the Midwest, along the Mississippi River, the setting for her urban fantasy series. After a career in law and juvenile justice, she turned to full-time writing in 2009, and Awakening the Fire, the debut novel in her Guardian Witch series, was released in September 2012. When not writing, reading or spending time with family and friends, she loves to travel in the US and abroad. She’s particularly fond of ruins–castles, pyramids, ancient archeological sites....