Shannon Rebecca Saunders born 4 July 1994, now known professionally as iiola is an English singer-songwriter from Wiltshire. Shannon started writing and producing songs at the age of thirteen. She later went on to study Songwriting at BIMM in Bristol before heading for London to pursue her career. She had several successful releases using her own name ‘Shannon Saunders’ however as her writing evolved she decided to create a new persona that emulated the essence of her new music.