Who We Are

Shanon Sinn is the Founder and Publisher of Black Cat Books. His writing often focuses on ghost lore, as well as the supernatural in history and pop culture. The Haunting of Vancouver Island has been a British Columbia bestseller for over six years. Their other work can be found in anthologies, magazines, and newspapers. Shanon is a Comics and Graphic Novels student at Camosun College in Victoria.

Black Cat Books’ first anthology Black Cat was a collaborative effort involving several writers and designers. Contributors Tyler Hooper and Joshua Gillingham took on the roles of Assistant Editors. Black Cat’s exterior was designed by Lydia Avsec and the interior was designed by Derek von Essen.

Writers also included Zoe McKenna, Bevan Thomas, Ed Sum, Alina Pete, Joseph Andre Thomas, Linda Trinh, David Williams, Christopher O’Halloran, Dirck de Lint, Caroline Lavoie, and Dustin Walker, most of whom embraced additional supportive roles, as well.

Black Cat Books acknowledges with gratitude that we are on the traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich), lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees), and Wyomlith (Esquimalt) nations.