Monica G. Shannon Wing (March 7, 1893 – August 13, 1965) was a Canadian-born American children's author.
They lived in Seattle first before settling in Montana's Bitter Root Valley, where she grew up on the ranches her father supervised.
[5] The stories told by her father's Bulgarian ranch-hands influenced her writing, as did her love for nature.
[6] Even as a child Shannon's writing reflected her love for nature and the shepherds on her family's ranch.
For one elementary school assignment to write about her favorite Bible character, Shannon chose Joseph of the Old Testament, who was a shepherd as a young boy.