if you're looking for the more classic sort of bio, here you go...

Shannon Dingle is a disabled activist, freelance writer, sex trafficking survivor, young widow, & recovering perfectionist. While she knows the societal rules about which topics to avoid in public settings, she breaks them regularly and teaches her six children to get into "good trouble, necessary trouble," in the words of civil rights icon John Lewis.

Shannon has written for USA Today, The Washington Post, and Teen Vogue, and her work has been featured by TODAY.com, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Daily Kos, Christianity Today, NPR, Slate and Good Morning America. Her first book will release in 2021 with Harper One.


(Oh, and I'm represented by Amy Elizabeth Bishop of Dystel, Goderich, and Bourret.

 
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educational background

Master's of Arts in Education (MAEd)
East Carolina University
Special Education
Specialty: Autism & Learning Disabilities

Bachelor's of Arts
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Communication Studies
Interpersonal & Organization Communication

 
 
 
 

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