Shannon L. Bowring is 28 years old and lives in Maine. She holds a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from the University of Maine. Her work has appeared or is scheduled to appear in Crack the Spine Literary Magazine, JMWW, The Maine Review, the Hawaii Pacific Review, Sixfold, and the Joy of the Pen online journal. Her short story “Leave Her Wild,” published by JMWW, was nominated in November 2017 for a Pushcart Prize.