Shannon Heuston

Publishing a book has always been Shannon Heuston's dream, and in the spring of 2017 that became a reality with the release of her first novel, The Playground. Based on the author's childhood, The Playground tells the story of Rachel Parsons, a girl who is horrifically bullied by her peers. The abuse she suffered has a lasting impact on her life. Shannon's goal in writing this story was not only to describe the torment of bullying victims everywhere, but to illustrate how it continues to effect victims many years later. Like any other form of abuse, there is an aftermath.\n\n Shannon followed up The Playground with Just An Ordinary Girl, a Dystopian novel about Leah, a girl who grows up on a ranch after the apocalypse, only to discover the world isn't quite what it seems. Shannon first conceived these characters while visiting relatives in North Andover, MA in the summer of 1989. Yeoman, the charismatic leader of Leah's ranch, was sketched out in depth twenty-eight years before he was brought to life.\n\nShannon's third novel, Women Scorned, has been her most popular to date. Unlike the other two, it is a psychological thriller with a twist. She drew heavily on inspiration from Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, as the notion of the \