Hi! I’m Shannon. I write things.
Books, short stories, online content. Also, grocery lists. (But do any of us actually use paper and pen for grocery lists these days? Does it count as writing if I’m only using my thumbs? At what point does the writing become to do listing or social media post captioning or something else entirely that only kind of resembles a purposeful assemblage of words? I digress.)
Here’s what I look like, in case you wanted to know:
And here I am being whimsical.
Personally, I’m partial to the second one, but that’s just me. Get it? Just me?
I write because it’s the best way I know to turn the stuff that bubbles between my ears into something tangible, grounded, and—hopefully—helpful.
Professionally, I’m a personal finance writer, editor, and media spokesperson. Over the past decade, I’ve led editorial content strategy for major financial platforms, translated complex economic systems into clear, actionable advice, and made hundreds of national media appearances to help Canadians make sense of their money.
But I also write privately. Personally? For myself, I mean. I care deeply about narrative, mental health, and connective storytelling that honours different lived experiences and perspectives. In 2019, I published The Guest House, a collection of creative non-fiction that won the 2022 Whistler Independent Book Award and has since found a home on university curricula.
Whether you stumble across one of my data-driven deep dives on money or are scoping an addition to your TBR list, I hope my work leaves you with something useful.
With keyboard and pen,
Shannon