Shana Thornton is the author of four works of fiction, RIPE FOR THE PICKIN’ (2022), THE ADVENTURES TO PAWNASSUS (2019), POKE SALLET QUEEN AND THE FAMILY MEDICINE WHEEL (2015) and MULTIPLE EXPOSURE (2012). She also author of the nonfiction, THE NUDGE WRITING PROMPTS (2023), and co-author of SEASONS OF BALANCE:ON CREATIVITY AND MINDFULNESS (2016). She is the Founder of the Clarksville/Montgomery County African American Legacy Trail (2019). Shana earned an M.A. in English from Austin Peay State University. She lives in Tennessee with her family.