Shana Gorian is the bestselling, award-winning author of many books for young readers, including the middle-grade TALES OF THE LOST AND FOUND and ROSCO THE RASCAL, and the WHAT AM I? and A CAT NAMED WHISKERS picture book series, plus more. She writes action-packed stories, relatable characters, and drama that tugs at the heartstrings.

 

Shana has authored over three dozen middle grade and picture books. Originally a graphic designer by trade, she worked in front end web design for many years before leaving the work force to raise her children.

 

After the youngest began elementary school, Gorian put her B.A. in English Writing from the University of Pittsburgh back to work and began penning stories for children. She independently published her first novel in 2014 and has continued adding novels, picture books, audiobooks, nonfiction Q&A books, and more to her catalog of work ever since. She is originally from Pennsylvania but lives in southern California with her family and their Labrador retriever.

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