Shawna Diane Partridge was born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. She earned a Liberal Studies Diploma from Sault College and a Bachelor of Arts Honours in English from Laurentian University. She later pursued a Master of Arts in English Language and Literature at Queen's University and then a Master of Arts in Creative Writing at the University of Windsor. She worked as Managing Editor of Rampike magazine and Editorial Assistant for the Windsor Review: An International Journal of Life, Literature and Art. Rule of Seconds is her first book.