By Kayla Shown-Dean author of Muted

Kayla I. Shown-Dean has published her first novel, Muted. She is also a blogger and regular contributor to shortfictionbreak.com.

Kayla is also a member of White County Creative Writers, and she attends the annual Writer’s Retreat at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum.

In addition to writing, Kayla has a full-time job at a local university, and she teaches English part-time as an adjunct. She lives with her husband and son, who is a preschooler. When she has free time, Kayla enjoys reading, writing, blogging, painting, drawing, and singing.