Shea Allison Sundstøl was born in California and has lived in at least 8 different U.S States, one Canadian province, and is now living in southern Norway. She currently works as a Geographic Informations Systems (GIS) engineer and travels as much as possible. She has previously studied photography and printmaking, and spends the summers stalking butterflies with a camera in hand. A blog-style list of butterfly sightings by place and year can be found here.