Shanna Swendson

Shanna Swendson is an American author of romance novels and chick lit. She has also written under the pseudonym Samantha Carter. Swendson is perhaps best known for the "Katie Chandler" series of novels, beginning with the 2005 publication of Enchanted, Inc.

Biography Although Swendson majored in broadcast news at the University of Texas at Austin, she enrolled in a wide variety of courses that she thought could help her become a successful novelist. No Quest for the Wicked (October 2012, NLA Digital Liaison Platform LLC, ) Kiss and Spell (May 2013, NLA Digital Liaison Platform LLC, ) Frogs and Kisses (December 2016, NLA Digital Liaison Platform LLC, ) Enchanted Ever After (July 2019, Independently published, )

Fairy Tales series A Fairy Tale To Catch a Queen A Kind of Magic

Essays Swendson contributed essays that appear in the following books: Flirting with Pride and Prejudice (edited by Jennifer Crusie, September 2005, BenBella Books, ) Welcome to Wisteria Lane (about the TV series Desperate Housewives; edited by Leah Wilson, May 2006, BenBella Books, ) So Say We All (about the TV series Battlestar Galactica; edited by Richard Hatch, October 2006, BenBella Books, ) Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume (edited by Jennifer O'Connell, June 2007, Pocket Books, ) Perfectly Plum (about fictional detective Stephanie Plum; edited by Leah Wilson, June 2007, BenBella Books, ) Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe (edited by Jane Espenson, October 2007, BenBella Books )

Category romance A Storybook Hero (March 1993, Avalon Contemporary Romance, ) Love's Best Friend (December 1993, Avalon Contemporary Romance, ) Runaway Hearts (June 1994, Avalon Contemporary Romance, ) Dateless in Dallas (as Samantha Carter) (September 1996, Silhouette Yours Truly, )