Shawn Casselberry is an author, poet, and singer-songwriter based in the Chicagoland area. He is the author and contributing author of more than fifteen books, with work featured on Illinois Public Radio’s The 21st, National Catholic Reporter, Outreach Magazine, Things Unseen podcast, Horror Tree, and WPNA-AM Chicago.

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Shawn is the co-founder and editor of Story Sanctum (storysanctum.org), an online shrine for sacred storytelling that brings writers and readers together around what it means to be human. He is also co-owner of Casselberry Creative Design, a content and design studio that helps aspiring authors move from idea to published manuscript.

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His recent projects include the sci-fi novel The Hemingway Bible, short story collections The Image of God and Strange Fire, poetry chapbooks Wound Man, Prophets of Dust, and in lonesome darkness. A triathlete and world traveler, Shawn lives with his creative partner Jen and their dog, TJ.