ShirLee McGarry

“I’m known to answer to many names, but “Don’t Call Me Shirley!” 😊 Under the pen name SJ McGarry, “ShirLee” is an author, writer, poet, musician, and entrepreneur. Raised in Southern California as a young child in the entertainment industry, ShirLee currently resides in Salt Lake City with her family and the furry pets she will feature in her future children’s books.

As an entrepreneur, ShirLee founded Showbiz Productions, training and featuring talented young people in original musical shows throughout the state. Her vast experience working within corporate settings, online businesses, and owning a retail pet shop for many years, has provided exciting backstories for her future publications. She has worked in residential home sales for over twenty-eight years and is an Associate Broker with Realtypath referring office in Sandy, Utah (Salt Lake County).

ShirLee holds a bachelor’s degree in music (Weber State University, UT) and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing (National University CA). She has published short stories, novels, poetry, and music, winning many awards, including the distinguished Poet Fellow title and award from Noble House Publishers, London.

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“Centaurius: The Prophecy.” is her first novel debut that brings to life the concerns and questions in this intriguing speculative Sci-fi/Fantasy Space Opera. The story is unique and ties in real-world issues to a fictional realm with important historical facts and a creative call-to-action with thought-provoking questions about the future of our planet, Earth.

Centaurius Into the Fracas, Book Two, continues the saga and an epic read and is ready for publication in honor of Earth Day, and available in eBook, paperback, and audible on Amazon, and where books are sold April 22, 2023.

Centaurius: Fractured Earth-The Key, book three in the series, is scheduled for publication on Earth Day, 2025, and will bring together the powerful determination of two warriors, each engaged in a perilous fight to save their worlds.

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