Shanna McNair's fiction, essays and poetry can be found on KGB Bar Lit online, Maine Magazine, The Galway Review, Naugatuck River Review, WAVEBACK and elsewhere; her journalism appears on VillageSoup.com. McNair is Founding Director of The Writer's Hotel and Founding Editor and Publisher of The New Guard literary review. She has worked extensively in the visual and performing arts. She lives and works in Maine. "Soul Retrieval" is her debut novel. More at shannamcnair.com.