Shannon Medisky is a former teacher, current writer, and passionate analog advocate. (While she embraces technology, Shannon prefers to use pen and paper, especially when brainstorming, comforted by the fact that research continues to support the importance of writing by hand when it comes to thinking and learning.)

After adopting their youngest son, it became clear that Shannon would have to leave teaching to manage their son’s many special needs at home. So, she traded the classroom for a cozy closet-turned-office at home, where she hides out and writes daily.

Shannon lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she enjoys the blanket of clouds, the drizzle of rain, and the company of her many cats—including an ample Tortie named Ginger, who thinks she owns the place. (She’s not wrong.)