About the Author

Shanna claims the titles of writer, editor, leximaven, girl geek, she-devil, vorpal blonde, and Schrodinger's brat. Her poems, essays, short stories, and novellas have been widely published in places like Absinthe Literary Review, Best American Erotica, Best Gay Romance, Best Lesbian Erotica, Salon, Storyglossia, Subversion, and more. An Associate Fellow at the Attic Institute in Portland, OR, she has taught classes in writing, publishing, media, and photography at a wide variety of places. She's even garnered an award here and there, including a Pushcart nomination, the Rauxa Prize for Erotic Poetry, and the C. Hamilton Bailey Poetry Fellowship.