Shannon Cain

Shannon Cain (born June 3, 1964) is an American writer, editor, teacher, visual artist, and activist living in France. She is the founder of La Maison Baldwin, an organization that celebrates the life of James Baldwin in Saint-Paul de Vence. Cain authored the short story collection ''The Necessity of Certain Behaviors'', winner of the 2011 Drue Heinz Literature Prize.

Cain lived in Tucson, Arizona from 1979 to 2013, with a time in New York City from 1988 to 1995. In 2014 the Republic of France awarded her a "skills and talents" visa in the arts, then renewed her permanent resident status in 2019 as a "person of international renown". Provided by Wikipedia