Shaun Deane was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Brandeis University and earned a master’s degree from the University of San Francisco in Educational Technology. He has worked as a dishwasher, meat-market delivery and taxicab driver, public and private school teacher, production editor, and product manager. He was Apple’s Computer’s first ever video evangelist. He has been a member of the Executive Management teams at two Bay area startups, and was president and founder of American Sports Events. Deane jumpstarted Spared at the Colgate Writer’s Conference in 2009, and nine years later, it has become his first published book. He lives with his wife Patricia and their lowrider, Riley, in Brattleboro, Vermont. His son Travis is a Navy diver, and his daughter Gretchen is an equestrian.
