Shana Mahaffey
Encyclopedia
Shana Mahaffey is an American
writer
of fiction
. She is the author of the novel, Sounds Like Crazy, a San Francisco Chronicle
notable book for Fall 2009. about an Emmy award winning voiceover artist, Holly Miller. Holly has co-conscious multiple personality disorder. She uses the voices inside her head to do her show and the voices don't get along.
Mahaffey's short stories, poetry, essays, and articles have appeared in numerous publications including Sunset Magazine, SoMa Literary Review, Spectrum Literary Journal, Reflections Literary Journal, and assorted literary blogs. She has also spoken at Litquake
and the Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival
. She has completed graduate work at the New School for Social Research and has a BA from University of California, Santa Barbara. She resides in San Francisco.
United States
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writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
of fiction
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
. She is the author of the novel, Sounds Like Crazy, a San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
notable book for Fall 2009. about an Emmy award winning voiceover artist, Holly Miller. Holly has co-conscious multiple personality disorder. She uses the voices inside her head to do her show and the voices don't get along.
Mahaffey's short stories, poetry, essays, and articles have appeared in numerous publications including Sunset Magazine, SoMa Literary Review, Spectrum Literary Journal, Reflections Literary Journal, and assorted literary blogs. She has also spoken at Litquake
Litquake
Litquake is San Francisco's annual literary festival. Originally starting out as Litstock for a single day on July 16, 1999, it ran for two years under the same name before going dark in 2001 after 9/11...
and the Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival
Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival
The Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival takes place the last weekend of September in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Held annually since 2007, it attracts many of the world's top authors and thinkers, including Pulitzer Prize winners...
. She has completed graduate work at the New School for Social Research and has a BA from University of California, Santa Barbara. She resides in San Francisco.
Novels
- Sounds Like Crazy (NAL/Penguin 2009)http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780451227911,00.html?Sounds_Like_Crazy_Shana_Mahaffey