Stella Leventoyannis Harvey was born in Cairo, Egypt and moved to Calgary as a child with her family. Stella founded the Whistler Writers Society, which each year produces the Whistler Writers Festival and other literary programming; after twenty years in the role, she retired as festival Artistic and Executive Director in 2022. Stella also mentored students in the Writers Studio at Simon Fraser University.
Stella was awarded the 2015 Whistler Champion of the Arts Award, the 2022 Whistler Citizen of the Year Award, and the 2023 Rotary Foundation Paul Harris Fellowship.
Stella’s short stories have appeared in The Literary Leanings Anthology, The New Orphic Review, Emerge Magazine and The Dalhousie Review, and her non-fiction has appeared in Pique Newsmagazine, The Question, the Globe and Mail, and CBC Radio. Signature Editions published her first novel, Nicolai’s Daughters, in 2012, and Psichogios Publications of Athens published the Greek translation in 2015. Her second novel, The Brink of Freedom was published in 2015, and her third, Finding Callidora, in 2019. Disruption is Stella’s fourth novel.
Readings and discussion about genesis of each novel. Works well for book clubs or high school students reading one or all three of my novels.
Various writing topics from personal one on one consultation with writers at all levels of their craft to specific workshops on craft as well as research.
Presentation and discussion of any of my novels as well as discussion about craft.
