Debra Martens
BIO
Biography
Debra Martens has published short stories in print journals such as The New Quarterly and Room, and online with Agnes and True and The Quarantine Review, among others.
With years of experience as a book reviewer, and having lived in five countries abroad, she launched and continues to edit the online site Canadian Writers Abroad.
She now lives in Ottawa, unceded Anishinabe Algonquin territory. Ottawa is the setting of her novel in progress, which takes place 1900-1910. She seeks a publisher for her story collection, Don't Hold Your Breath.
ADDRESS
City: Ottawa,
Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
debramartens@protonmail.com
GENRE
Fiction and prose
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
see debramartens.com
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton Arts Grant
Publication
for as yet unpublished short story collection, In Her Element
Year
1994
Name
Ontario Arts Council Grant for Arts Writing
Publication
Paragraph Magazine (Summer 1993):15-19.
Year
1992
Name
Canada Council Explorations Grant
Publication
for unpublished novel Tell It Slant
Year
1989
LINKS
Programs & Interests
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