Shelley Thrasher

Shelley Thrasher, world traveler and native East Texan, has been an editor for BSB since 2004. Having a PhD in English, she taught composition and literature on the college level for thirty years before she retired early. She has published novels, poetry, short stories, and essays, as well as one scholarly book. Shelley lives near her family in the small town in East Texas where she grew up. Her first novel, The Storm (2012), was a GCLS historical-romance finalist and a Rainbow Awards runner-up for best debut novel. Three of her novels—First Tango in Paris (2014), Hidden Dreams (2021), and Untethered (2024)—are based on her travels in France and Southeast Asia. And her third, Autumn Spring (2015), which focuses on the romance between two older lesbians in small-town East Texas, was a finalist for a Lammy. Her book of poetry, In and Out of Love (2016), won a Goldie.