Shanna McNair

Shanna McNair is a Maine-based writer, visual artist and journalist who founded The Writer's Hotel. She is also founding editor and publisher of High Frequency Press and The New Guard literary review. Her illustrated debut novel, Soul Retrieval, was published by High Frequency Press in 2025 and drew several BookLife and Self-Publishing Review honors. Her next novel, You Know This by Heart, is forthcoming from the same press. Her creative work and visual art have appeared in journals including KGB Bar Lit, The Galway Review, and Beloit Poetry Journal. She has held residencies at Hewnoaks, the Thomas Lynch Cottage, and Stonecoast Ireland.