Christy Ann Conlin
Location:
Halifax, NS
Styles:
Blogging, Broadcast: Audio, Columns, Copywriting: Direct, Copywriting: Print, Copywriting: Radio, Corporate Communications, Essays, Features, Ghostwriting, Humour, Newsletters, Personal Journalism, Proposals, Public relations, Scriptwriting, Service: Health & Family, Service: Lifestyle, Social media, Speechwriting, Web
Subjects:
Adventure, Animals (Pets), Arts, Beauty, Books & literature, Broadcast, Culture & community, Education, Entertainment (film, television, theatre), Family & parenting, Fisheries and oceans, Fitness, Food, Gardening & horticulture, Health & medicine, Home decor & renovation, Kids products, Leisure goods & activities, Life sciences, Men, Music, New media, Publishing, Real estate, Recreation & leisure, Restaurants, Seniors & retirement, Sex and relationships, Society, Travel & tourism, Wilderness & wildlife, Women
Bio:
Christy Ann Conlin is a bestselling novelist, essayist, speech writer, ghost writer, editor, motivational speaker and educator. Her writing has appeared in newspapers, magazines, anthologies and journals in Canada and the United States. She holds a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and an Education Degree from Acadia University. She works with a broad range of clients in a creative capacity, providing writing services, writing workshops, coaching and mentoring.
Publications/Client List:
- The Globe & Mail
- Canadian Geographic magazine
- Chatelaine magazine
- Westworld magazine
- Geist magazine
- Randomhouse
- Doubleday
- Annick Press
- House of Anansi Press
- Key Porter Books
- Fernwood Books
- Annapolis Valley District Health Authority
- Nova Scotia Museums
Books:
- Listening for the Island, (Doubleday, forthing coming 2013)
- Deadtime, (Annick Press, 2011)
- Heave, (Doubleday, 2002)
Other Projects:
Radio Broadcast
- My Whispering Friend, CBC Outfront:, 2009
- Murdy’s Museum CBC Outfront, 2008
- CBC Maritime Noon: The Good Doctor, (radio drama), 2007
- CBC The Arts Tonight: Retreat to the Apple Farm, (radio essay) 2007
Awards:
- CBC Canada Reads 2011, Long List -- Top 40 Essential Books of the Decade
- Books in Canada/Amazon.ca First Novel Award, finalist, 2003
- Dartmouth Book Award, finalist, 2003
- Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, finalist, 2003
- Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize, finalist, 2003
- Heave: Selected for Globe and Mail’s Notable Books of 2002
- Taking Mother to the Sea, Finalist, CBC New Brunswick Teleplay Project, 1996
- Blood & Aphorisms Short Fiction Contest, B & A Prize, 1996
- The William Rhea Fellowship in Television Writing, University of British Columbia, 1996
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