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Shanon Sinn
Shanon Sinn
BIO
Biography

Shanon Sinn lives on the traditional territory of the WSÁNEĆ (Saanich), lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees), and Wyomlith (Esquimalt) Nations. Shanon acknowledges he is a guest on this land, as well as a guest on the territory of the Tla-o-qui-aht Nation where he stays part time in Tofino.

He is the author of 'The Haunting of Vancouver Island', several shorter works of fiction and nonfiction, and is the editor and publisher of 'Black Cat' - a collection of eerie tales set in BC's Pacific Northwest. 'The Haunting of British Columbia: Sea Lore and Ghost Stories' has been his research and writing focus for several years while he simultaneously attended school and illustrated comics.

Shanon earned his Comics and Graphic Novels certificate in April 2024 from Camosun College in Victoria, BC. He has a writing degree from Vancouver Island University where he was awarded the Barry Broadfoot Award for Journalism and the Gisele Merlet Creative Writing Award. His study focus at VIU was on Indigenous topics, which included Elder teachings, an Elder internship, and attending field school at the University of Fairbanks in Alaska where he was taught protocol for recording oral stories.

Shanon Sinn is also a Member of The Federation of BC Writers (FBCW) and is a Greater Vancouver Horror Writers Association (HWA) Chapter Member. He has been a Folklore Thursday host on Bluesky (prev. Twitter) since 2017.

He lives with chronic, non-visible disabilities including pervasive nerve damage. His pronouns are he/they.

Shanon is equal parts Metis (Fiddler), Nordic (Haugen), British Isles (Cathcart) and French Canadian-mixed (St. Patrick's Orphanage in P.A. Sask).

ADDRESS
City: Vancouver Island, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Black Cat
Publisher
Black Cat Books
Year
2023
Title
Haunting of Vancouver Island
Publisher
Touchwood Editions
Year
2017
LINKS
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
EQUITY INITIATIVE
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