Shawn Schepps is an actress, playwright, screenwriter and fiction writer. Among her screenwriting credits are "Encino Man" and "Son-in-Law." She has created several television series and has written and directed a number of short films, including "Group," which won the jury prize for best short at the No Dance Film Festival 1998 and the Ohio Film Festival 1999, and "The Closet," which has appeared at the Slamdance Film Festival 2000, the HBO Comedy of the Arts Festival 2000 and is currently running on HBO. Shawn is currently working on her first novel. "My Prostitute" is her first short story publication.