A Celtic Yearbook
Lizzy Shannon is a multi-faceted best selling author and editor. Her published works span many genres, including live stage plays, science fiction novels, fantasy short stories, drama/thriller screenplays, and a children's Japanese picture book. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Lizzy is proud to celebrate her 9th birthday this year as an American citizen. Lizzy's career is as varied as the genres she writes. Starting out as a library assistant in a Northern Irish rural town, she moved on to study Theater Arts and Literature in London, and toured the United Kingdom as a professional actress. Roles ranged from the goddess Hecate in Shakespeare's Macbeth to Gustav, the Amazing Dancing Bear in a clown troupe. Now living in the Pacific Northwest, she worked briefly as a Consultant with the Ricia Mainhardt Agency in New York, and is a Board Director and Awards Coordinator with the Willamette Writers, the largest not for profit writer's organization in Oregon.