Christen Shepherd holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing from the Humber School for Writers in Toronto, a degree in Anthropology from the University of Western Ontario, and has completed the program for End of Life Doula from Douglas College. Her book, The Promise: Truth from the Trenches of Adoption (co-authored with Lisa Highfield) (available on lulu.com) has been widely circulated among adoption professionals throughout North America, and along with her co-author, Christen has had the pleasure of presenting to many agencies and at conferences. Christen has had numerous articles published, and has been a regular contributor to Today's Parent Magazine. In 2018 her unpublished novel, The Approaches, was named to the long list for the Guernica Prize. In fall of 2024 Self-Portrait, a memoir of a master art forger that she wrote with Mark Landis will be published by Sartoris Literary Group. www.christenshepherd.com Follow on: facebook.com/christenshepherd.writer