Ask the Author: Shannon Brescher Shea
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Shannon Brescher Shea
I keep my personal passion in mind - to make our families and communities more socially and environmentally sustainable. That drives me forward. Although I always like Y.A. author William Sleator's answer that he gave when he visited my eighth grade class and a teacher asked that question: "My mortgage."
Shannon Brescher Shea
I was actually struggling with a major question in my own life: "How can I balance environmental sustainability and being a good mom?" After talking to some other moms invested in sustainability issues, I had a lightbulb moment and realized that they weren't in conflict at all. In fact, they could be one and the same! So that's what the book is about - how to find places where those two goals meet.
Shannon Brescher Shea
Research! I let my research lead me where I need to be and reading a study or interviewing someone often gives me the lightbulb of where I need to go with my point next.
Shannon Brescher Shea
In my day job, I'm a science writer for the federal government. So when I'm not writing personal essays or about environmental issues, I'm writing about astrophysics, materials science, or plant biochemistry!
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