Kate Sheeran Swed loves hot chocolate, plastic dinosaurs, and airplane tickets. She has trekked along the Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu, hiked on the Mýrdalsjökull glacier in Iceland, and climbed the ruins of Masada to watch the sunrise over the Dead Sea. After growing up in New Hampshire, she completed degrees in music at the University of Maine and Ithaca College, then moved to New York City. She currently lives in New York’s capital region with her husband and son, and two cats who were named after movie dogs (Benji and Beethoven).
Kate is the author of several sci fi and fantasy series, including the League of Independent Operatives series, a superhero saga; the Toccata System sci fi trilogy; and the Parse Galaxy space opera series. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Fireside, the Young Explorers Adventure Guide, and Electric Spec.
Thrust into a leadership role as her people establish a new home base in the stars, Kay would rather be piloting a fighter in the war than shelving books in the dusty old space station the survivors have salvaged to ensure humanity’s future. But there are plenty of dangers lurking in a decades-old station, and abundant mysteries that need solving…
The philosophy of Mission: Bookshop, and my intention behind it, is pretty straightforward.
Thrust into a leadership role as her people establish a new home base in the stars, Kay would rather be piloting a fighter in the war than shelving books in the dusty old space station the survivors have salvaged to ensure humanity’s future. But there are plenty of dangers lurking in a decades-old station, and abundant mysteries that need solving…
Kay also appears throughout the online store, popping up to offer her recommendations and (often prickly) opinions.
So curl up, grab a cup of Bantha milk and hang around for a while :) I’m glad you’re here!
