Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Shelley Jackson

Born: 1963 (age 62)
Bio: Shelley Jackson is a writer and artist known for her cross-genre experiments, including her groundbreaking work of hyperfiction, Patchwork Girl. Her first novel was published in 2006, Half Life.
Known for:
- The Melancholy of Anatomy: Stories (2002)
- Half Life (2006)
- The old woman and the wave (1998)
- Sophia, the alchemist's dog (2000)