Shannon Meade

Litigation by day. Myth, memory, and fire by night.

Shannon Meade is a criminal defense attorney, novelist, and storyteller whose work explores the fault lines between power, memory, and the human body’s quiet rebellions. Drawing from years in courtrooms across multiple states, he writes fiction that refuses to look away from the human cost of the systems we live inside. His novels blend literary intensity with political intuition and a mythic undercurrent that pulses beneath every scene.

Meade’s writing often examines the unspoken rules that shape public and private life—the narratives imposed on women, the mechanics of authority, the stories institutions try to silence, and the fierce autonomy that rises anyway. Known for atmospheric prose and psychological precision, he builds worlds that feel both eerily familiar and startlingly new, where the intimate becomes political and the political becomes myth.

Based in coastal Maine, he continues to practice law while maintaining a prolific literary life. He is the founder of Scrying Mirror Books, where he publishes bold, emotionally charged fiction shaped by lived experience, cultural memory, and an unwavering commitment to truth.

Meade writes for readers who want stories that challenge, unsettle, illuminate, and stay with them long after the final page.