Shannon Barnsley is a writer, poet, and folklore devotee from New Hampshire, currently living in Brooklyn. She holds a degree in Creative Writing/Mythology & Religion from Hampshire College. Since graduating, she has been found giving tours at an 18th century Shaker village museum, translating English English into American English for an independent publishing company, wandering in the woods, and trying to manage an unruly gaggle of chronic illnesses while recovering two strokes.

Her first book, Beneath Blair Mountain, was published by 1888 in 2015. Her other work can be found in Mighty: an Anthology of Disabled Superheroes; But You Don't Look Sick: The Real Life Adventures of Fibro Bitches, Lupus Warriors, and Other Super Heroes Battling Invisible Illness; Nothing Without Us; Witch Lit: Words from the Cauldron; Wolf Warriors I-V; The Cost of Paper: Volume Three; Fabulously Feminist; The Concord Monitor; Redhead Magazine; and The Climax. Shannon has a particular love of folklore, folk/epic/oral tradition, worldbuilding, and all manner of storytelling. Much of her work is inspired by this passion, her pagan upbringing, and the New England wilderness she calls home.