Michelle (Shel) Sweeney is a writer, counsellor/art therapist, editor and artist. She has worked for McGraw-Hill Book Company, Penguin Books and Heinemann, and in various educational and therapeutic settings. Michelle lives on Bundjalung Country, Northern Rivers region, NSW and works primarily in the mental health sector.
Throughout her life, both art and writing have been pathways for Shel to make sense of the world, herself and her experience. Shel also delivers art- and writing-as-therapy groups, facilitates creative and therapeutic fibre art workshops, leads writing groups for teens and is currently working on her own collection of poetry. Michelle was a winner of QPoetry and the Queensland Writers Centre 2024 Chapbook prize.
