Gina Brown has written two novels, The Sugar Bowl Feud (2024) and Lucy McGee’s Moment of Truth ( 2021). She also served as editor and publisher for a memoir written by Robert Crockett.
A graduate of Mt. St. Vincent University, she pursued a career as a marketing specialist in music, film, advertising, museums, education and special events. Her freelance writing includes travel and lifestyle articles in Canadian Living Magazine, the Globe and Mail, the Chronicle Herald and Saltwire.
Gina has attended writing workshops at the Arvon Foundation in England; Taddle Creek at the University of Toronto; and master classes at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto. She also co-founded writers' groups in Toronto, and in Halifax. As a creative writer, she’s placed as a finalist or notable entry in five national and international writing competitions. She appears as a guest author at numerous book clubs and public readings.
In 2019, after a 35-year career as a marketing specialist, she launched an independent publishing platform, NovaHeart Media, with three books published to date. In addition to her writing, she offers writing workshops for new, emerging and established writers and provides consulting services for independent writers.
Gina has traveled to 35 countries and has lived in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Birmingham, England. In 2004, she returned to her home port of Halifax, where she lives close to the ocean.
