Shari Brand Ray

A teacher of literature and writing in the Memphis area for nearly forty years, Shari Brand Ray is currently English Department Chair at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis. A native Memphian, Shari enjoys taking long walks on the Greenline, teaching English, and writing on her back porch while she watches the birds. Infusing verse throughout much of her prose, Ray leans on the shoulders of the great poets for both truth and inspiration. After a lifetime of writing down stories, her first...See more

A teacher of literature and writing in the Memphis area for nearly forty years, Shari Brand Ray is currently English Department Chair at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis. A native Memphian, Shari enjoys taking long walks on the Greenline, teaching English, and writing on her back porch while she watches the birds. Infusing verse throughout much of her prose, Ray leans on the shoulders of the great poets for both truth and inspiration. After a lifetime of writing down stories, her first book, Surprised by Imperfection, was released in 2022 See less