Shanna Compton is a poet, printmaker, and book designer in Blue Hill, ME. She is the author of five books of poems: Creature Sounds Fade (Black Lawrence Press), Midwinter Constellation (coauthor, Black Lawrence Press), Brink (Bloof Books), For Girls & Other Poems (Bloof Books), Down Spooky (Winnow Press). Her poems have appeared in publications such as the Nation, American Poetry Review, the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day series, Court Green, Bennington Review, Black Warrior Review, Typo, and The Best American Poetry anthology series.
As a visual artist, she works in linocut, collage, monotype, screen print, and mixed media illustration. Selected work is available through Hi Water Press, as well as seasonal markets and art festivals in Maine. She also freelances as a commercial book designer and illustrator, collaborating with more than a dozen independent publishers.