Photo Credit:
Photo credit
William Kerr
Jessica Waite
BIO
Biography
Jessica Waite lives with her teenaged son and their bear-sized rescue dog in Calgary (Moh'kins'tsis), in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. Jessica encourages people to write as a way of healing, and to share stories as a way of connecting. Her website www.endlesstories.love has been described as “The PostSecret of Grief.”
Jessica’s essays and short stories have been published in journals and anthologies in the USA, Canada, the UK and online. Her essay In Defense of Grief won the 2022 Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Award through the Writer’s Guild of Alberta.
She's currently seeking representation for her debut memoir:
https://www.storymourning.com/a-secret-book.html
ADDRESS
City: Calgary,
Province/Territory: Alberta
EMAIL
c/o TWUC
GENRE
Memoir
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Award
Publication
Writer's Guild of Alberta
Year
2022
LINKS
Programs & Interests
Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
All members are eligible for the Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program. Are you interested in participating in this pro
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Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
The Union’s Northern Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program funds in-person visits to northern Ontario schools when possible. Ar
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