CV Shaw is the author behind The Spell. She is a great believer in magic and imagination. She is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and a Quantum Energy Practitioner. She specializes in Herbalogy, Reiki, BodyTalk, Cranio-Sacral Therapy and Alpha-Intuitive Healing. She is also a Mindscape instructor. She is a native South Floridian and holds her alternative medicine practice out of South Miami. She has published work in How to Survive your Teenager. Previously as journalist, she was a feature writer for M.D. News, Florida Medical Business, Miami Herald Neighbors and Club Systems International. C.V. Shaw was admiring a lush forest in Central Florida when she began imagining what could be on the other side, then the image of a beautiful castle appeared before her. With poetry in mind, she grabbed a notebook and started to write. By the third page, she had become enamored with the inhabitants of the castle. Seven months later, the would-be poem had evolved into a 240 page fantasy novel. It was only after The Spell was published, she recalled a glimpse of a past-life regression she had undergone 20 years prior that paralleled all too much with life in the castle, deepening the connection of her journey through The Spell.