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November 15, 2025 44 mins

Episode #106 – Shanti Hershenson 

We talked about building a TikTok (now with over 70k followers), her amazing focus and discipline, writing every day and some of the other things she does with her time, like falconry!

Since the age of twelve, Shanti has actively been writing and publishing books. She has written 37 books in varying genres, including You Won't Know Her Name, a novel-told-in-poetry about bullying in middle school. Biome Lock, the first in an alien invasion series, is published with the others on the way.  Also in publication is a three-book series called The Chronicles of Ziel DeLaine.  The Accidental Insurgent is a dystopian standalone.   

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