P.H.C. Marchesi is the author of the young adult fantasy/sci-fi novel Shelby and Shauna Kitt and the Dimensional Holes. She has a Ph.D. degree in English, and teaches British literature to undergraduates. As a child, she lived in many different countries, and experienced many different cultures. She studied at an International School and had friends from all over the world. In many ways, these experiences shaped her writing and the fantasy world she created in Shelby and Shauna Kitt and the Dimensional Holes. She is currently working on book 2 of the Shelby and Shauna Kitt series.