Shawn Bailey is not a New York Times bestselling novelist or award-winning poet. None of his works have been adapted by Sony Pictures or A24. His novels have not been translated into over thirty languages or appeared in any distinguished publications. Shawn is not a professor at a prestigious college nor has he contributed millions to charity. When Shawn reads other authors' bios, he becomes despondent and petulant, as well as being quite the little contrarian.