Donna Morrissey
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| Born | January 13, 1956 The Beaches, Newfoundland |
| Occupation | Author |
Donna Morrissey (born January 13, 1956, The Beaches, Newfoundland)[1] is a Canadian author.
At age 16, Morrissey left The Beaches. She lived in various places in Canada before returning to St. John's, where she studied at Memorial University and obtained a Bachelor of Social Work and a diploma in adult education. Morrissey now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Morrissey has written six national best sellers and prize-winning novels — Kit's Law, Downhill Chance, Sylvanus Now, What They Wanted, The Deception of Livvy Higgs, and The Fortunate Brother — as well as one Gemini-nominated screenplay. In 2021 she published a memoir, Pluck: A Memoir of a Newfoundland Childhood and the Raucous, Terrible, Amazing Journey to Becoming a Novelist.
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 returned to champion Anosh Irani's novel The Song of Kahunsha.
Morrissey had a double mastectomy due to breast cancer.
Bibliography
[edit]- Kit's Law
- Downhill Chance
- Sylvanus Now
- What They Wanted
- The Deception of Livvy Higgs
- The Fortunate Brother
- Pluck: A Memoir of a Newfoundland Childhood and the Raucous, Terrible, Amazing Journey to Becoming a Novelist
- Rage the Night
Filmography
[edit]- Clothesline Patch (screenplay)
Awards and recognition
[edit]For Sylvanus Now:
- Winner of the Thomas Head Raddall Award
- Atlantic Booksellers Choice Award
- Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize
For Downhill Chance:
- Winner of the Thomas Head Raddall Award
For Kit's Law:
- Winner of the Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award
- Winner of the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize
- Winner of the Alex Award[2]
- Shortlisted for the Books in Canada First Novel Award
- Shortlisted for the Atlantic Provinces Booksellers' Choice Award
- Shortlisted for the Thomas Head Raddall Award
For Clothesline Patch:
- Winner, Best Production, 2002 Gemini Awards
For The Deception of Livvy Higgs:
- One Book Nova Scotia selection, 2016
For The Fortunate Brother:
- Winner of the Thomas Head Raddall Award
- Winner of Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Book of 2017
References
[edit]- ^ Chafe, Paul (16 December 2013). "Donna Morrissey". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ "Honoring the Best of the Best: ALA Award Winners 2002". American Libraries. 33 (8): 54–63. 2002. ISSN 0002-9769. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Donna Morrisey at Penguin Canada
- Donna Morrissey at IMDb
- Online interview with Donna Morrissey, CBC Words at Large
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