|   | Gender: | Female | | Location: | Boise, Idaho | | About Me: | Shannon Chapel was born and raised in Soldotna, Alaska, approximately 150 miles south of Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula. She currently lives in Boise, Idaho, and her work has appeared in print across the United States. | | Type of Writer: | Although I prefer to write short stories, I dabble in just about everything from essays to poetry to travel articles. | | Interests: | When I'm not writing or reading, I love to watch foreign films & documentaries. I also enjoy photography & taking solitary bicycle rides along the river. I am never bored & am perfectly content doing whatever it is I'm doing at any given moment. | | Favorite Genres: | Whatever genre I'm reading at the time. | | Favorite Books: | In Cold Blood, The Shadow of the Wind, The Pianist, The Collector, The Hot Zone, The Association, Olive Kittridge, Of Mice and Men, Lord of the Flies, The Catcher in the Rye, and Stuart: A Life Backwards, just to name a few. | | Favorite Authors: | Whatever author I'm reading at the time. | | Favorite Quote: | "The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof shit detector." ~Ernest Hemingway | | Favorite Music: | Nick Drake, John Mayer, Everlast, Amy Winehouse, Billy Joel, David Gray, Marc Broussard, David Wilcox, Eliot Morris, and every other struggling singer/songwriter out there. | | Favorite Movies: | The Pianist, The Usual Suspects, The Silence of the Lambs, Cinderella Man, Tell No One, Seven, The Sixth Sense, Kalifornia, Capote, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Truman Show, Gladiator, Life Is Beautiful, Léon: The Professional. |
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