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Shannon Borg

Member Since:01/16/2012
Preferred Genres:Contemporary Fantasy, Traditional Fantasy, Weird Fiction, Noir / Hard-Boiled, Cozy Mystery, Historical Mystery, Gothic Romance, Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense, Historical Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Techno Thriller, Environmental Thriller, Alternate History, Steampunk, Postapocalyptic/Dystopian

Short Bio:

Shannon Borg is a writer and wine educator. She has published two books, Corset: Poems (Word Press, 2005), and Chefs on the Farm (Mountaineers, 2008).

About Shannon Borg's Reading & Writing

My current project, a novel called The Green Dress, is based on a real historical figure, Maria Susannah Merrick, one of my great grandmothers, who was born a servant in Windsor Castle in the 1810s. Merrick became a governess, joined the Mormon Church, left her husband and made the treacherous journey to Utah, living in a converted chicken coop her first winter. My imagining of her possible story is woven together with that of her contemporary great-great granddaughter, Madison, an artist who inherits "The Green Dress, " a large, mysterious painting of Maria. A passionate affair with its producer, the evocative landscape of Northern England, and the manners of this 19th-century Englishwoman contrasts with Madison's life as an artist in San Francisco and Glasgow. The two women's lives find parallels in their accidental connection to the world of art forgery and infidelity, and the passionate search for self-expression, family and romantic love.
Favorite Writers:
Charlotte Bronte
F. Scott Fitzgerald
George R. R. Martin
A. S. Byatt
Gustave Flaubert
Favorite Books:
Possession, A. S. Byatt
The Beautiful and the Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
The Palm at the End of the Mind, poems by Wallace Stevens
Consider the Oyster, M.F.K. Fisher
Site: shannonborg.wordpress.com
Blog: 26kitchens.wordpress.com
Twitter: @shannonborg

Shannon Borg's Books


  • The Green Dress

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Reviewed on Book Country

  
Slide The Scales From My Eyes Reviewed 1 draft on 1/19/2012
Clip Reviewed 1 draft on 1/19/2012
Be Careful What You Wish For Reviewed 1 draft on 1/17/2012 (No longer available for review)
Dead Before Dying Reviewed 1 draft on 1/16/2012
Lost Spirits Reviewed 1 draft on 1/16/2012
 
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