J. M. Shaw lives in Airdrie, Alberta, with her husband and two young children. When she and her sons learned they are on the autism spectrum they embarked on a journey of understanding, acceptance, and life-long learning. Writing is her passion and she pours her experience in medical technology, personal training, martial arts, airsoft, and fitness training into her creative fiction.

The Ascension is her debut novel in the Callum Walker series.