<p>Tracy Shawn lives and writes on the coast of California. Her debut novel, <em>The Grace of Crows</em> (now out as a second edition with expanded development),<em> </em>won several indie book awards. Her second novel, <em>Floating Underwater</em>, won a silver medal for General Fiction with the 2023 Living Now Book awards, and placed as finalist with Next Generation Indie Book Awards for General Fiction and The Wishing Shelf Book Awards for Adult Fiction. Tracy Shawn's short stories have appeared in several literary journals, and her poetry has been published in two best-selling poetry anthologies.<em> </em>Ms. Shawn has written numerous articles for print and online publications. She is currently working on her third novel and hopes to keep writing books that both entertain and enlighten.</p>
