Merry Shannon

Merry Shannon
Born	June 12, 1979 (1979-06-12) (age 32) Sacramento, California, United States
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Genres	lesbian romance fantasy
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Merry Shannon is an American author. She writes lesbian romance/adventure novels and short stories published by Bold Strokes Books^[1].

Life

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^[2]. Her first novel, Sword of the Guardian - A Legend of Ithyria was published in 2006 by Bold Strokes Books^[3]) .

Shannon lives in Aurora, Colorado with her partner.

Awards

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

Main article: Merry Shannon bibliography

Shannon has published two novels and two short stories with LGBTQ publisher Bold Strokes Books.

Novels

• 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])

Short Stories

• "Rebellious Heart", published in the 2008 anthology Romantic Interludes 1: Discovery^[6]
• "The Whisper", published in the 2009 anthology Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets^[7]

References

1. ^ "Shannon, Merry". Bold Strokes Books website. http://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/categories.php?category=Paperback-Books/Lesbian-Fiction/Browse-by-Author/Shannon%2C-Merry. 
2. ^ "About Merry Shannon". MerryShannon.com website. http://www.merryshannon.com/about/. 
3. ^ "Sword of the Guardian - by Merry Shannon". Bold Strokes Books. http://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/products.php?product=Sword-of-the-Guardian-%252d-by-Merry-Shannon. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 
4. ^ "Award Winners of 2007". Golden Crown Literary Society. http://goldencrown.org/literary-awards/browse-awards-by-year/award-winners-of-2007/. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 
5. ^ "BOTYA 2008 Finalists in Fiction - Historical Category". ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year. http://www.bookoftheyearawards.com/finalists/2008/category/fiction-historical/. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 
6. ^ "Romantic Interludes 1: Discovery - Edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman". Bold Strokes Books. http://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/products.php?product=Romantic-Interludes-1%3A-Discovery-%252d-by-Edited-by-Radclyffe-and-Stacia-Seaman. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 
7. ^ "Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets - Edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman". Bold Strokes Books. http://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/products.php?product=Romantic-Interludes-2%3A-Secrets-%252d-by-Edited-by-Radclyffe-%26-Stacia-Seaman. Retrieved 2011-09-13. 

External links

• Merry Shannon's website
• Merry Shannon at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Name	Shannon, Merry
Alternative names
Short description	American novelist
Date of birth	June 12, 1979
Place of birth	Sacramento, California, United States
Date of death
Place of death