Tanny Swanagan is an author and educator who writes stories rooted in humor, healing, and messy love. She loves creating characters who feel real, perfectly imperfect, and who are just trying to find their way (and maybe a little peace) in a chaotic world.

Her first published essay, Girl Forgotten, appears in Mama Stories: Gifts from Our Mothers. When she’s not writing, she’s balancing real life in Chicago with her husband and two daughters.

Shrinking Me is her debut novel.