Shawn is a writer, poet, singer-songwriter, and truth-teller who lives in the Chicagoland area with his creative partner Jen and their dog Colin. He's an author and contributing author for over 10 books (self-pub and traditional publishers) and his writings have been featured on Illinois Public Radio, "the 21st", the National Catholic Reporter, Sojourners, Outreach Magazine, Things Unseen podcast, and WPNA-AM Chicago. He's the co-founder/editor of Story Sanctum, an online platform for readers and writers of compelling stories (fiction and nonfiction) to connect, and the co-creator of Casselberry Creative Design, a content and design company to help aspiring authors move from ideas to published manuscript. He has several writing projects in the works including a book of short stories called Strange Fire (released June 2022), a Midwestern Lit novel called Heritage (Fall 2022), and an irreverent religious memoir called Confessions of a Pastor's Kid.
