Shelby's fiction has been published in All Worlds Wayfarer Literary Magazine, Suburban Witchcraft, and Grey Coven Publishing, her poetry featured in Witches Magazine and Beneath the Garden. She was the former restaurant critic for the Watertown Daily Times. Her Upstate New York food blog, Big Hungry Shelby, had a strong following for 10 years. She's a 25-year public relations vet in the aerospace and energy industries.