Shelley's Bio

Shelley Gilbert has been a writer for 15 years. Swimming Naked with Jellyfish is Ms. Gilbert’s debut novel. It took 14 years to write. She is currently writing the sequel.

During this 14-year period, she created and published her first book, the gift-quality coloring book for adults, Islands, A Coloring Book for Adults, selling on Amazon.com since 2002. This unique book contains 30 drawings and 30 poems by Ms. Gilbert.

The author has also been a visual artist for over 30 years. Her collage is award-winning and her tape paintings showed in a Madison Avenue art gallery juried collection.

Ms. Gilbert was born in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn and graduated from SUNY Empire State College, NY with her bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing. She’s acquired half an MFA in Creative Writing at Manhattanville College, NY. She lives in New York with her husband, Hank Teller.

Shelley welcomes your questions and comments. Feel free to write her.