Donna Morrissey
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Donna Morrissey (born in 1956 at The Beaches, Newfoundland) is a Canadian author.
At age 16 Morrissey left her birthplace, The Beaches, a small outport on the west coast of Newfoundland. She lived in various places of Canada before returning to St. John's where she studied at Memorial University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Social Work, and a diploma in adult education. Morrissey now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Morrissey has written two prize-winning novels — Kit's Law and the national best seller Downhill Chance — and one prize-winning screenplay.
Morrissey defended Frank Parker Day's novel Rockbound in Canada Reads 2005. Rockbound eventually won the competition. In the 2007 edition of Canada Reads, an "all-star" competition pitting the five winning advocates from previous years against each other, Morrissey will return to champion Anosh Irani's novel The Song of Kahunsha.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
- For Sylvanus Now
- Winner of the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize,
- Atlantic Booksellers Choice Award,
- Short-listed for the Commonwealth Writer's Prize.
- For Downhill Chance
- Winner of Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award
- For Kit's Law:
- Winner of the Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award
- Winner of Winifred Holtby Prize
- Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award
- Shortlisted for the Books in Canada First Novel Award
- Shortlisted for the Atlantic Provinces Booksellers' Choice Award
- Shortlisted for the Raddall Award
- For Clothesline Patch
- Winner, Best Production, 2002 Gemini Awards
[edit] Bibliography
- Kit's Law
- Downhill Chance
- Sylvanus Now
[edit] Filmography
- Clothesline Patch (screenplay)
