Therese Greenwood
BIO
Biography

Author Therese Greenwood has received the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence and the Western Writers of America Spur Award for her short crime fiction, which has appeared across North America.  Her memoir, What You Take With You: Wildfire, Family and the Road Home, was a Finalist for an Alberta Book Publishing Award. Her most recent book, The Many Names of Robert Cree, is a collaboration with Indigenous Elder Robert Cree and available from ECW Press.

Therese has worked as a reporter and editor and spent a decade as a CBC Radio correspondent. Her feature stories and columns appear regularly in national news publications, and she is a frequent commentator on issues related to both wildfires and crime fiction. She has a Master’s degree in journalism.

ADDRESS
City: Fort McMurray, Province/Territory: Alberta
EMAIL
GENRE
Memoir, historical fiction, crime fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
What You Take With You: Wildfire, Family and the Road Home
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Year
2019
Title
Kill As You Go
Publisher
Coffin Hop Press
Year
2018
Title
The Many Names of Robert Cree
Publisher
ECW Press
Year
2025
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Spur Award, Western Writers of America (Winner)
Publication
"Buck's Last Ride" in Kill As You Go
Year
2019
Name
Alberta Book Publishers Assn Nonfiction Trade Book of the Year (Finalist)
Publication
What You Take With You: Wildfire, Family and the Road Home
Year
2020
Name
Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence (Finalist)
Publication
"Hatchecheck Bingo"
Year
2025
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