Shannon has been a TypePad blogger since 2006, writing the award-winning parenting blog Rocks In My Dryer (www.rocksinmydryer.net). She is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in books and magazines such as Good Housekeeping, Parenting, Chicken Soup for the New Mom's Soul and The Social Cause Diet. She has been a guest speaker at several blogging conferences, including BlogHer, Blissdom and SheSpeaks. In February of 2008, she and a team of U.S. bloggers traveled to Uganda with Compassion International to live-blog their child advocacy work. TypePad For Dummies is her first book.
Shannon lives in Oklahoma with her husband and four children.