Shannon Watts is an American author. She is the Founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a grassroots organization working to end gun violence. She is also on the board of Emerge America.

She is also the author of Fight Like a Mother: How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World.

Watts is a graduate of The University of Missouri. ^[1]

The day after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Shannon started a Facebook group with the message that all Americans can and should do more to reduce gun violence. The online conversation turned into grassroots movement of American mothers fighting for public safety measures that respect the Second Amendment and protect people from gun violence.

Watts is the mother of 5 children.