Donna Morrissey
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 three prize-winning novels — Kit's Law, the national best seller Downhill Chance, and Sylvanus Now — as well as 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 returned to champion Anosh Irani's novel The Song of Kahunsha.
Bibliography
- Kit's Law
- Downhill Chance
- Sylvanus Now
- What They Wanted
- The Deception of Livvy Higgs
Filmography
- Clothesline Patch (screenplay)
Awards and recognition
- For Sylvanus Now:
- Winner of the Thomas Head Raddall Award
- Atlantic Booksellers Choice Award
- Short-listed 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 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 Thomas Head Raddall Award
- For Clothesline Patch:
- Winner, Best Production, 2002 Gemini Awards
