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Shannon Meyerkort is a Perth-based writer. She writes across genres including contemporary and historical fiction, short stories, memoir, non-fiction for children and children’s stories. She is also a bookseller, a former journalist for School News magazine, and, as of 2026, a PhD candidate at Curtin University.
Her debut children’s book Brilliant Minds: 30 Dyslexic Heroes Who Changed Our World illustrated by Amy Blackwell was published by Affirm Press in October 2022.