As a writer living in her home state of Maine, Shonna Milliken Humphrey slings words for cash, compassion, or glory. She also teaches, tell groups how to improve systems, and offers development consultation. Shonna wears eyeglasses, too. Generally, big ones.
Her first novel, Show Me Good Land (Down East Books, 2011) was a semi-finalist for the 2012 VCU Cabell Award, and her essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Salon, Down East, and Maine magazines. For two years, Shonna also contributed to The Maine Sunday Telegram as a food writer.
She now provides writing, editing, marketing, development, coaching, and grant writing services to individuals and organizations.
Her latest book, Dirt Roads and Diner Pie (Central Recovery Press, 2016) is a memoir that chronicles a month-long road trip through the southern United States with her husband as they deal with the repercussions of the child sex abuse he saw, heard, feared, and experienced while a student at New Jersey's American Boychoir School.
Her most recent project is The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda (She Writes Press, 2018) written by Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo. Shonna helped lead the effort to find a publisher willing to work with a posthumous project. Read all about the process here.
Her first novel, Show Me Good Land (Down East Books, 2011) was a semi-finalist for the 2012 VCU Cabell Award, and her essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Salon, Down East, and Maine magazines. For two years, Shonna also contributed to The Maine Sunday Telegram as a food writer.
She now provides writing, editing, marketing, development, coaching, and grant writing services to individuals and organizations.
Her latest book, Dirt Roads and Diner Pie (Central Recovery Press, 2016) is a memoir that chronicles a month-long road trip through the southern United States with her husband as they deal with the repercussions of the child sex abuse he saw, heard, feared, and experienced while a student at New Jersey's American Boychoir School.
Her most recent project is The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda (She Writes Press, 2018) written by Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo. Shonna helped lead the effort to find a publisher willing to work with a posthumous project. Read all about the process here.
