Shauna Cross

Shauna Cross
Born1976 (age 49–50)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Pen nameMaggie Mayhem
OccupationAuthor, screenwriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican

Shauna Cross is an American author, screenwriter, and former roller derby athlete. She skated for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls under the pseudonym "Maggie Mayhem" and subsequently wrote the 2007 novel Derby Girl, a fictionalized version of her experiences in the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls league. In 2009, she wrote the screenplay for a film adaption of the novel, entitled Whip It, which was directed by Drew Barrymore and released in 2009. She was named one of Variety's 10 Screenwriters to Watch in 2008.

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