Merry Shannon
Merry Shannon | |
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| Born | June 12, 1979 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Colorado Colorado Springs (BA) |
| Genre | lesbian romance fantasy |
| Website | |
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Merry Shannon (born June 12, 1979) is an American author. She writes lesbian romance/adventure novels and short stories published by Bold Strokes Books.
Life
[edit]Shannon was born in Sacramento, California, and grew up in Texas and Colorado. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 2001, and went on to a career in social work. She is presently a full-time social worker who writes novels in her spare time.[1] Her first novel, Sword of the Guardian - A Legend of Ithyria was published in 2006 by Bold Strokes Books.[2][3]
Shannon lives in Aurora, Colorado with her partner.
Awards
[edit]Shannon has received two Golden Crown Literary Society awards for Debut Author and Speculative Fiction, and the 2008 Lesbian Fiction Readers' Choice Award for Favorite Adventure book. Her second novel, Branded Ann, was also a 2008 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year finalist.
Bibliography
[edit]Shannon has published two novels and three short stories with LGBTQ publisher Bold Strokes Books.
Novels
[edit]- Sword of the Guardian - A Legend of Ithyria, 2006 (Golden Crown Literary Society Award Winner, 2007[4])
- Branded Ann, 2008 (ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Finalist, 2008[5])
- Prayer of the Handmaiden, 2015
Short stories
[edit]- "Rebellious Heart", published in the 2008 anthology Romantic Interludes 1: Discovery[6]
- "The Whisper", published in the 2009 anthology Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets[7]
- "Lucky Number Seven", published in the 2012 anthology Women of the Dark Streets: Lesbian Paranormal[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "About Merry Shannon". MerryShannon.com website. Archived from the original on 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ^ "Shannon, Merry". Bold Strokes Books website. Archived from the original on 2013-08-11.
- ^ "Sword of the Guardian - by Merry Shannon". Bold Strokes Books. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ^ "Award Winners of 2007". Golden Crown Literary Society. Archived from the original on 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ^ "BOTYA 2008 Finalists in Fiction - Historical Category". ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ^ "Romantic Interludes 1: Discovery - Edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman". Bold Strokes Books. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ^ "Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets - Edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman". Bold Strokes Books. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ^ "Women of the Dark Streets: Lesbian Paranormal". Bold Strokes Books. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
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- 21st-century American novelists
- American fantasy writers
- American women short story writers
- American women novelists
- American lesbian writers
- People from Aurora, Colorado
- American women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Novelists from Colorado
- American LGBTQ novelists
- LGBTQ people from Colorado
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century American short story writers