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She let me read the first manuscript for Merehr. I had always read non-fiction or high-tech war novels (Tom Clancy, etc) but I was honored that she would trust me with her only copy. I read Merehr in 1993 and I have read it many times since. I have come to love Wing and Nien and the awe-inspiring story of Merehr. John Denver said "I know he'd be a poor man if he never saw an eagle fly". Well, I have seen an eagle fly, and while its beauty is hard to match, I'll take sitting around a campfire and listening to Shytei any day. Born in the Rocky Mountains of Utah, Shytei wrote her first story at age nine. A student and instructor of the martial arts, she is also a cyclist, skier and hiker. Though Merehr is her first published work, it was not her first (or last) book to be written. The last time I peeked inside her computer's desktop writing folder there were five novel-length works in progress as well as the beginnings for the other two books of the Merehr trilogy. Interestingly enough, a contemporary foray into the world of Coffee Shops was in there, as well as self-described "fledgling" ideas for two full-on fantasy novels. Apparently, she's been busy since the last time I did an update on her computer. —SPA
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I met Shytei at the Greyhound bus station in New Orleans in 1992. What
a dump. In the sea of unhappy, irate faces, there she was, smiling and
making her way through the crowd in her new hometown. All she had with
her was an old blue suitcase and a beat-to-hell backpack that
contained her most prized possession: her writing. That backpack went
with her all over Louisiana, California, Utah, Washington and Europe.
She never went anywhere without that damn backpack.