Bethany Shay Porteous/Shay Paris is a young adult author. Obsessed with stories and writing from a young age, Bethany went on to publish her first book Wolfsbane: Evelyn & Aiden when she was nineteen. Bethany dabbles in both fantasy and romance, and has recently branched out to writing lesbian fiction under the pen name, Shay Paris. 
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​To Bethany, writing is not a chore or a job; it's an escape to another world and a chance to share her many worlds with others.

Bethany/Shay lives in Perth, Western Australia with her partner and their two dogs Minnie & Mickey, and their cat, Tinkerbell.