Photograph by Sylvie Rosokoff

Shayne Terry's work has appeared in American Chordata, Catapult, Chicago Review of Books, CRAFT, Electric Literature, TriQuarterly, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and elsewhere. She has been selected for workshops and residencies at Bread Loaf, CRIT, Tin House, and the Vermont Studio Center. Her first book, Leave: A Postpartum Account will be published by Autofocus Books in 2025.

Born and raised in northern Illinois, Shayne received an M.A. in Literature from University College Dublin and lives in Brooklyn.

She is represented by Ashley Lopez of Waxman Literary.