Megan Schaffner has had poems and
short stories published in
several literary journals including Westerly, Fine Line and Social
Alternatives.
Megan majored in English and Psychology at the University
of Tasmania and has had a varied career
in librarianship, teaching (speech and
drama) drama (Repertory and
Shakespearian theatre); she taught speech,
drama and movement at the Teachers College,
Hobart and
later was a drama adviser in the Tasmanian
Education Department. She is one of four women whose
poems and articles are collected in Grim Works (2000).
She As well as writing she enjoys editing
and proofreading the work of writer friends.
She lives with a magnificent
view of the Derwent seen through peppermint
gums, and says she must turns her back on
it to get any
work done.
