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Shirley Stewart Burns has been writing songs and singing since she was a child. She wrote her first song at age 10, and since the 1990s she has been writing and singing ballads inspired by the current struggles in her beloved southern West Virginia coalfields. Her cd, Coalfield A Cappela represents a sampling of those endeavors. In addition, she holds a BS in news-editorial journalism, a master’s degree in social work, and a PhD in history with an Appalachian focus, from West Virginia University. Her book "Bringing Down the Mountains: the Impact of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining" is the first academic book on the topic of mountaintop removal. She is a native of Wyoming County in the southern West Virginia coalfields and the daughter of an underground, UMWA coal miner. She has a passionate interest in the communities, environment, and histories of the southern West Virginia coalfields. She lives in Charleston, West Virginia.
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