Victoria Ventris Shea writes historical fiction of the Pacific Northwest. She began writing historical fiction at the recommendation of a psychic despite disliking history. The key was to focus on the characters, real people with families and real problems like ours today. Her stories often times include interactions between whites and Native Americans as required by the time period and setting of the story.

Although she grew up in the Spokane area of Washington state and taught there for most of her career, she also lived and taught for many years in Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula and one year in Hawaii where she continues to visit. She currently lives on Whidbey Island, home of Penn Cove mussels, with her husband. Her adult children and grandbaby live nearby.

She enjoys reading, research, writing, cooking, yoga, Musselfest in March, the Water Festival in May, and most of all, her family.