Sue McCrea writes under the pen name of S.L. Sheppard.
S.L. Sheppard, is a writer of poems, short stories, plays, and novels. Her poems and short stories have been published in magazines, and anthologies in The Bahamas, England and Ireland. She is the recipient of international awards for short fiction and poetry from Australia, The United States of America, England and Ireland. Her Bahamian novel The Green Shutters was launched at the Regency Theatre in 2003. In 2005, it was chosen for the Bahamas Minister of Education Book Club. Her radio play Sisters was broadcast from Cool 96 Grand Bahama for twenty-eight episodes.
S.L.Sheppard has written and directed national award-winning plays which have been performed at the Regency Theatre, Grand Bahama and the Dundas Centre, New Providence.
Her Bahamian plays include Staff Room Gossip, The Woman from Nassau, You Never Go Back, With A Little Bit of Luck, Excess Baggage, Trapped in Marriage and Daddy’s Funeral. Her newest play In The Bedroom premiered at the Regency Theatre in November of 2017. She is currently working on a Bahamian musical, Another Country, Another Love. She is also the founder of the Regency Theatre Summer Camp (1998) and the Young Playwrights Competition (2003).