SHYLA ANN SHEHAN is an analytical Virgo from the Midwest. She holds an MFA from the University of Nebraska, where she was awarded an Academy of American Poets Prize. Her work has been featured in The Pinch, Moon City Review, Midwest Quarterly, Summerset Review, and elsewhere, and her poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She’s co-founder and EIC of The Good Life Review and lives in Omaha with her husband Jim, children Cooper and Zoey, and their three cats, Kayla, Doug, and Gus. Mining the Gap (WSC Press, 2025) is her first full-length poetry collection.