Shel Calopa

Shel Calopa has been a storyteller all her life. Professionally, she uses language to construct bridges of understanding between philanthropists and their causes. Privately she’s spent decades telling stories to her child, Stellar the husky, Grace the cat and pretty much anyone with the love of a good yarn.

In 2019 Calopa launched her debut novel, Letters from the Light, first published by Inspired Quill (UK) followed by Emoto’s Promise in 2020, and Missals from the Dark in 2022. She has also had short stories published in various anthologies, and has been a featured artist at the Emerging Writers Festival.

Whilst mostly set in the sci-fantasy genre, her stories only use science as the backdrop against which characters struggle with the contemporary issues of class, gender, disability rights and abuse of power. Actually it’s all a bit dystopian.

Calopa is a passionate believer that all our small lives are connected, valuable and critical to the collective journey.