About Steven Simmons Shelton
Steve is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and has had dissociative identity disorder (DID) since childhood. He has a BA degree from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD (1983); an MA degree from Wayne State University in Detroit (completed 1990); and a JD from Wayne State University Law School (summa cum laude, 1993).
Memoir of a Mangled Mind is Steve’s debut. He also hosts The Mangled Mind Podcast where he discusses topics related to DID. Monday through Saturday, he moderates a free memoir writing and critique group on Zoom. Professional memberships include Alliance of Independent Authors, The Author’s Guild, Florida Writers Association, Florida Authors and Publishers Association, Space Coast Writer’s Guild, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
Born in Arkansas, Steve lives in Florida with his husband, Grant, and their clowder of cats.
