Author Biography:
Anna Shannon (she/her) is a writer and editor living in Calgary, Alberta on Treaty 7 land. She has publications in The New Quarterly (forthcoming), Queen’s Quarterly (forthcoming), White Wall Review, and more. She is writing a novel based on the researched history of a 19th century female photographer, the marvels of wet and dry plate technology, and the controversial events in western Canada in 1885. She is represented by Westwood Creative Artists.
She holds credentials in professional and technical writing, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Calgary.
Anna is a proud member of the Writers’ Union of Canada, the Writers’ Guild of Alberta, The Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society, the Creative Nonfiction Collective Society, and the Alberta Historical Society.
Anna’s Treaty 7 home of Calgary/Mohkinstsis is located on the hereditary homelands of the Niitsitapi (the Blackfoot Confederacy: Siksika, Piikani, Kainai), the Îyârhe Nakoda, and Tsuut’ina Nations, as well as the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.
Current creative works in progress:
The Grand Spectacular: The Life and Work of Entertainer and Photographic Artist Oliver Brown Buell
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