Music supervisor/songwriter "Universal Soldier" l992. VP Music of Carolco Pictures. Songwriting ASCAP awards 1976 and l979
Author of the horror and noir short-fiction collection "BAD SEED" ISBN 0-971162-0-2 (published by Medium Rare Books in 2001) recommended for a Stoker nomination.
Shannon also wrote the suspense novels "Memorial Day," "Eye of the Burning Man," "One of the Wicked," and "The Pressure of Darkness," also the horror novels "Night of the Beast," "Night of the Werewolf," and "Daemon."