Author Spotlights

Tiffany Morris is an L’nu’skw (Mi’kmaw) writer from Nova Scotia. She is the author of the Indigenous Voices Award-

Peter Counter is a nonfiction author and cultural critic living in Dartmouth. He is the author of Be Scared

Elliott Gish is a writer of speculative fiction and librarian living and working in Halifax. Her stories can be

Anna Quon is the current Poet Laureate of Halifax Regional Municipality. She is a Mad and mixed-race poet and

Sue Goyette is a poet and educator living in Kjipuktuk. She is the author of nine collections of poetry

Clare Goulet is a poet, essayist, editor, and instructor and the coordinator of the Writing Center at MSVU. Her

Donna Jones Alward is a New York Times bestselling author of many beloved romance novels that have been translated

Author/illustrator and NSCAD alumni Jack Wong has had quite a prolific year! With two picture books out in 2023

Three of Jill MacLean’s five novels for middle-graders and young adults won the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic

Michelle Wamboldt grew up in Truro and now lives on the beautiful South Shore where she watches the waves

Jan Fancy Hull’s “Moss Meditations” won the 2022 Rita Joe Poetry Prize in our annual Nova Writes Competition.

Libby Broadbent’s “Seventh Son” won the 2022 Joyce Barkhouse Writing for Children Prize in our annual Nova Writes Competition.

Jodie Callaghan is from the Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation in Gespe’gewa’gi (Quebec). She started writing stories when she was

Monika Dutt’s “Foundations” won the 2022 H.R. (Bill) Percy Short Creative Non-Fiction Prize in our annual Nova Writes Competition.

Amy Jones is a novelist, editor, and creative writing instructor and mentor. She is the author of the novels Every

Charlene Carr has independently published nine novels. Her first agented novel, Hold My Girl, has sold to HarperCollins Canada,