About
My name is Tyree Jonathan Sheppard but please call me Jonathan. I am the Owner of Bad Thoughts Publishing and Author of four works, Someone Sinister (2013), Bad Stories (2014), Universe Unraveling (2016), and The Night I Died and Other Poems (2018). I was born in the year 1985 in beautiful but gloomy Seattle, Washington. I grew up in a home with my mom and three brothers but my childhood was heavily influenced by my grandparents. I choose to be called by my middle name because my grandma gave it to me at birth. I spent many of my childhood days on the bus with my grandpa or in church with my grandma.
In 2007, I followed my heart to Los Angeles and when she didn't work out instead of running back to Seattle I stayed and wrote. I enrolled in Los Angeles City College, where I met my lover, partner, and mother of my two gorgeous children, and received my Associates of Arts in English. I then transferred to the University of California's Los Angeles campus where I earned my Bachelor's Degree in English. Currently, I am writing my first novel.
I use this website and Bad Thoughts Publishing Company to disseminate my thought processes through poetry, critical essays, thoughtful editorials, photography, and painting. My only intention is to express myself not to offend.
Visit the official Bad Thoughts Publishing Company website to purchase my work.
