Sheila was a finalist for the 2020 Killer Nashville Claymore Award, the winner of the 2017 Killer Nashville Reader's Choice Award for Best YA Fiction and a finalist for the 2017 Silver Falchion Award for Best YA Fiction. She was also nominated for the 2016 Allegra Johnson Prize in Novel Writing through the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. As a Senior Auditor for Warner Bros., Sheila oversaw production costs for films including “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” the “Matrix” trilogy, “The Dark Knight” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” After working on 70+ Independent and Studio movies, Sheila stepped away from the film business to complete her first YA novel. Sheila is a member of ITW, SinC, MWA, SCBWI and Women in Film. Sheila lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two rescue dogs and one rescue cats.