Dean Backus is the author or co-author of over eleven plays, one of which (‘Thus with a Kiss') was runner-up for Best Play at the 1993 Seattle New Playwrights Festival, and another (‘Is This Seat Taken?') winning Best Play at the 1996 San Francisco Fringe Festival. He appeared in Alyson's 1998 anthology ‘Wilma Loves Betty', and was featured in the book ‘Gay Marriage Real Life' (2006) by Michelle Bates Deakin. His YA novel, ‘Darts and Flowers', was published in 2022 by Torchflame Books. He lives outside of Portland, Oregan with his partner, Jonathan. Find him at www.deanbackusauthor.com.
Someone is abusing Shannon...and the abuser is his girlfriend. High school swimming star Shannon "Shan" Milne is looking forward to starting his junior year at the prestigious Jefferson Academy, and putting behind the baggage and nightmares of his childhood.
