- Shanna Silva, Author -
Shanna is an author and Award Winning Broadway Producer. She's written three picture books for children (so far): Passover Scavenger Hunt (Kar-Ben, 2017), Hannah’s Hanukkah Hiccups (Apples & Honey Press, 2018) and A Dog's Guide to Being Human (Yeehoo Press, 2021). She has also written nearly 40 hi/lo books for the educational market.
Sometimes, Shanna also writes for grown ups. Her work appears in the parenting blog, Kveller.com, Bella Magazine, Twins Magazine, in the anthologies Multiples Illuminated I and II, and Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Shanna recently completed the Children’s Book Academy’s Middle Grade Mastery course, for which she was awarded a Golden Kite Award for her work in progress middle grade novel, Thick.
She belongs to SCBWI, Long Island Author’s Group, and is a founding member of The Book Meshuggenahs, a collaborative marketing and promotional group of Jewish female authors.
When she's not writing, she's probably hanging out with her sheepadoodle puppy, Drake.
