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Laurie Glenn Norris

BIOGRAPHY
Laurie is a writer of historical fiction and non-fiction, and is particularly interested in nineteenth-century Canadian history and the lives of girls and women during that period. She is the author of Found Drowned (Vagrant, 2019), Haunted Girl: Esther Cox & the Great Amherst Mystery (Nimbus, 2012; and Cumberland County Facts and Folklore (Nimbus, 2009).

Currently she is working on two projects, a biography of the Amos “King” Seaman family of Minudie, Nova Scotia, and an historical novel set in London, England.

She holds a B.A. in Anthropology, a B.Ed. in Social Studies and Language Arts and an M.A. in Art History.

Her first novel,  Found Drowned, in 2024, was optioned by the Langley Fine Arts School, Langley, BC, and produced into a one-act play. In November of that year, it was performed at a Langley Theatre  Festival.

Laurie lives in River Hebert, Nova Scotia, with her husband, Barry Norris, and kittycat Dinah.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Found Drowned (Vagrant,2019)
Haunted Girl: Esther Cox & the Great Amherst Mystery (Nimbus, 2012)
Cumberland County Facts and Folklore (Nimbus, 2009)

AWARDS

Haunted Girl: Esther Cox & The Great Amherst Mystery was a finalist for the 2013 Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing.  Between 2015 and 2021, it was optioned to be made into a feature film.

 

 

 

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Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) uses the following terms to describe writers’ experience levels:

  • New writers: those with less than two years’ creative writing experience and/or no short-form publications (e.g., short stories, personal essays, or poems in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks).
  • Emerging writers: those with more than two years’ creative writing experience and/or numerous short-form publications.
  • Early-career authors: those with 1 or 2 book-length publications or the equivalent in book-length and short-form publications.
  • Established authors: those with 3 or 4 book-length publications.
  • Professional authors: those with 5 or more book-length publications.

Please keep in mind that each form of creative writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children and young adults, and others) provides you with a unique set of experiences and skills, so you might consider yourself an ‘established author’ in one form but a ‘new writer’ in another.

The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the above definitions. A workshop’s participants should usually have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop⁠ and is presented with information, strategies, and skills that suit their career stage. 

For “intensive” and “masterclass” workshops, which provide more opportunities for peer-to-peer feedback, the recommended experience level should be followed closely.

For all other workshops, the recommended experience level is just that—a recommendation—and we encourage potential participants to follow their own judgment when registering.

If you’re uncertain of your experience level with regard to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca