Vanessa Shields

I'm a writer and mother living in Windsor, Ontario. I began my writing life as a child writing in journals and writing poetry to ease me through the hills of life. I own a small business called Gertrude's Writing Room - A Gathering Place for Writers. It's a small creative writing school where I offer workshops, classes, editorial and mentoring experiences. I also teach classes and workshops in the education system (elementary to post-secondary), as well as for libraries and other writing groups/communities.

My poetry, short stories, and articles have been published in a myriad of literary magazines and publications.

I love to make readers laugh and feel like they're not alone.

My books are: Laughing Through a Second Pregnancy - A Memoir, I Am That Woman (poetry), Whisky Sour City (editor/anthology), Look At Her (poetry), Because We Have All Lived Here (anthology/contributor), From A to Ziffery Zanks (kids' poetry), Words Gathered Volume 1 (editor/anthology), and thimbles (poetry) which is releasing in April 2021.