Richard Shannon is a writer, performer and speaker.

Biography

He was born 17 April 1954 in Three Rivers, Texas

Three Rivers, Texas

Three Rivers is a city in Live Oak County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,878 at the 2000 census.The city is named for its proximity to three rivers, the Atascosa River, the Frio River, and the Nueces River...

. He published the science fiction semi-prozine Trajectories - The Magazine of Science Fiction in the Southwest during the 1980s. His writing has appeared in Factsheet Five

Factsheet Five

Factsheet Five was a periodical mostly consisting of short reviews of privately produced printed matter along with contact details of the editors and publishers....

, the collected Why Publish?, and The American Book Review. He served two terms on the board of directors of the Austin Writers' League, now the Writers' League of Texas

Writers' League of Texas

The Writers' League of Texas was established in 1981 as the Austin Writers' League in Austin, Texas. It is a nonprofit professional organization whose primary purpose is to provide a forum for information, support, and sharing among writers, to help members improve and market their writing skills,...

, one as Secretary of the Board, and three years on the board of directors of the Austin Celtic Association

Austin Celtic Association

The Austin Celtic Association is a non-profit organization based in Central Texas. Its goal is to celebrate and promote the Celtic culture through music, dance, language, sports, history, and the arts...

, two as President. He was festival director of the Austin Celtic Festival for those same two years. Shannon appeared as an extra in the films The Newton Boys

The Newton Boys

The Newton Boys is a 1998 drama film based on the true story of the Newton Gang, a family of bank robbers from Uvalde, Texas. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dwight Yoakam. It was filmed in Austin, Bartlett, New Braunfels, and San Antonio,...

by Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater

-Early life:Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through...

, and Two for Texas, a Ted Turner

Ted Turner

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable news network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...

"made for tv" movie from 1989. He now lives in south-central Texas where he writes, and consults on marketing, publishing and editorial projects.