With tongue-in-cheek humor, the creator of the award-winning Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress takes on the self-help section, proving that the benefits of the Dungeons & Dragons® game goes far beyond simple entertainment.

SHELLY MAZZANOBLE is the author of Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress and writes a monthly column for Dragon® magazine. Her short stories and essays have appeared in The Seattle Times, Carve, Whetstone, Skirt!, and SomeOtherMagazine.com. Originally from Upstate New York and a graduate of Ithaca College, she now lives in Seattle with a bipolar cat and sometimes a foster dog.