Deborah Cannon

I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. My fascination with myths and legends led to careers as an archaeologist, museologist, illustrator and writer. My greatest achievement is THE PIRATE EMPRESS, an Epic Fantasy, and a tale about a Chinese princess who sacrifices herself and all she loves to save the empire from a scheming Fox Faerie, and to keep the Cosmos in balance. With the scope of The Lord of the Rings and the evocativeness of Roger Zelazny's Great Book of Amber, THE PIRATE EMPRESS is an epic saga of love and betrayal, honour and hope, war—and ultimate sacrifice in Ming Dynasty China.

My best known books are THE RAVEN CHRONICLES, a series of archaeological thrillers: RAVEN DAWN (prequel), THE RAVEN'S POOL, WHITE RAVEN, RAVENSTONE and RAVEN'S BLOOD. The books feature half-Haida archaeologist Jake Lalonde, a descendent of the mythical Raven (a prehistoric shaman) who dreams the dreams of his ancestors, and whose search for the origins and migration of the raven icon has led him to adventures in the San Juan Islands WA, the Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, the South Pacific island kingdom of Tonga, and the Mithraic temples of Rome. In his latest escapade, he is lured into the world of the shaman, Chaos magic, goddesses and the mysteries of death.

I have a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology with a specialty in Archaeology from the University of British Columbia, and a Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Toronto.