- Richard Shannon
Richard Shannon (born
17 April ,1954 ) in Three Rivers, Texas, is a writer, performer and speaker currently living inYoakum, Texas . He published the science fiction semi-prozine "Trajectories - The Magazine of Science Fiction in the Southwest" during the 1980s. His writing has appeared in "Factsheet Five ", the collected "Why Publish?", and [http://www.litline.org/ABR/issues/Volume11/115.html "The American Book Review"] . He served two terms on the board of directors of the Austin Writers' League, now the Writers' League of Texas, one as Secretary of the Board, and three years on the board of directors of the Austin Celtic Association, two as President. He was festival director of the Austin Celtic Festival for those same two years. Shannon has appeared as an extra in the films "The Newton Boys " byRichard Linklater , and "Two for Texas", aTed Turner "made for tv" movie from 1989. Now manages a series of websites onCaddo Lake and tourism related businesses in the area.References:
1. Why Publish? Mike Gunderloy (FactsheetFive), 1989, 54 pages, paperback - Available as e-zine download/online [http://www.zinebook.com/resource/whypublish.pdf] ; page 45: Category: Fate: Richard Shannon - "TRAJECTORIES"
2. (Trajectories - the Journal of Science Fiction in the Southwest), 1987, vol. 3 issue 1, Tabloid - Masthead: Publisher - Richard Shannon
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