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Shannon Leone Fowler

Biography

Shannon Leone Fowler

Shannon Leone Fowler is a marine biologist, writer and single mother of three young children, currently living in London. Since her doctorate on Australian sea lions, she’s taught marine ecology in the Bahamas and Galapagos, led a university course on killer whales in the San Juan islands, spent a number of seasons as marine mammal biologist onboard ships in both the Arctic and Antarctic, taught graduate students field techniques while studying Weddell seals on the Ross Ice Shelf and worked as a science writer at National Public Radio in Washington, DC. TRAVELING WITH GHOSTS is her first book.

Shannon Leone Fowler

Books by Shannon Leone Fowler

Traveling with Ghosts: A Memoir
by Shannon Leone Fowler - Memoir, Nonfiction

In the summer of 2002, Shannon Leone Fowler, a 28-year-old marine biologist, was backpacking with her fiancé and love of her life, Sean. But their trip took a tragic turn when a box jellyfish --- the most venomous animal in the world --- wrapped around Sean’s leg, stinging and killing him in a matter of minutes. Rejecting the Thai authorities’ attempt to label Sean’s death a “drunk drowning,” Shannon ferried his body home to his stunned family --- a family to which she suddenly no longer belonged. Her life paused indefinitely so that she could travel around the world to find healing. Travel had forged her relationship with Sean, and she hoped it could also aid in processing his death.