Shannon Messenger: Hi, my name is Shannon Messenger, and that really is my real name. I get asked a lot if Messenger is a pen name because it's so fitting for a writer. But no, that actually is my name. I guess I married really well for the career that I ended up choosing. And it's funny because I thought when I got married that no one would ever misspell my name again because it's an actual word. But for some reason everyone wants to spell it M-E-S-S-I-N-G-E-R. So, no need to get fancy with it, it's just like postal messenger, M-E-S-S-E-N-G-E-R.