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Kayla I. Shown-Dean has published her first novel, Muted, and a collection of poetry, Autumn Leaflets. She is also a blogger and regular contributor to shortfictionbreak.com.

In addition to writing, Kayla works full-time at a local university, and she teaches English part-time as an adjunct. Kayla lives with her husband and son, who is a preschooler. When she has free time, Kayla enjoys reading, writing, blogging, painting, drawing, and singing

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