Shana Mahaffey
Castro Writers Cooperative Co-Founder
San Francisco
Shana Mahaffey is the author of Sounds Like Crazy (NAL/Penguin), a San Francisco Chronicle notable book for Fall 2009. She is a survivor of catechism and cat scratch fever and is a co-founder of the Castro Writers' Cooperative. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including ALONE TOGETHER: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19, Sunset Magazine, SoMa Literary Review, Spectrum Literary Journal, Reflections Literary Journal, and assorted literary blogs. Shana lives in San Francisco with two cats and a husband.