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Award-winning writer and educator Shannon Waite writes stories about norms, characters who break norms, and society's wounds. They're always contemporary, often transgressive. Her debut novel, Raising Women, is an interactive novel in which readers make self-destructive decisions that explore the wild that is growing up girl.

Her short fiction has been published in PANK, Hobart, and elsewhere. She has two bachelor’s degrees in English and Creative Writing from Oakland University and an MA in Teaching and Curriculum from Michigan State University. Shannon lives in Michigan with her hamster. ...more

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I'm excited to share that in honor of Oakland University's 'Write More November,' I will be leading two workshops on campus (in Rochester, Michigan) this November! During these two workshops, participants will discuss examples of transgressive stories&characters and nontraditional forms, and then begin planning their Read more of this blog post »

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Ella Enchanted is a like a warm, home-cooked, comfort meal for me. When I read this book over twenty years ago in elementary school, it immediately became my favorite. Eventually I grew out of it as my 'favorite book,' but it still holds that place i ...more
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“Girls are like house pets. Trained young and ruthlessly into pleasing people. At first it's parents, but very quickly it becomes boys. Men. Boys and men. Sit pretty. Don't talk too loudly. Eat nicely. Please. Please. Please people. You are there for first your family, then the world. It's a mother's job to bring a girl into the family, and then to prepare her for the world. If the training worked, little girls want men.”
― Shannon Waite, Raising Women

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