Shann Ray is the author of numerous works, including the short story collection American Masculine, which received the Bakeless Prize, the High Plains Book Award, and an American Book Award; Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity, a work of creative nonfiction; and the poetry collection Balefire. His essay “Takes Enemy” was the Second Place winner of Narrative’s 2014 Spring Story Contest. Ray lives in Spokane, Washington, with his wife and three daughters and teaches leadership and forgiveness studies at Gonzaga University.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Winter’s Gate, a novel excerpt, in Spring 2022
- Takes Enemy, an essay, in Fall 2014
- Ecstasy and Other Poems, poetry, in Fall 2014
- Mrs. Secrest, a short story, in Winter 2005