Writing CV
Education
2013-2015 MFA in Creative Writing, UBC. (Thesis advisor: Andreas Schroeder).
2007 Certificate in Creative Writing, The Writer’s Studio, SFU. (Mentor: Wayde Compton).
2006-2007 2-year Diploma in Languages, UBC.
1994-1997 B.Ed. Elementary French Immersion, University of Calgary.
Writing Programs
2012 Sage Hill Writing, Non-fiction Workshop (Mentor: John Vaillant).
2011 Banff Mountain and Wilderness Writing Program (Mentor: Marni Jackson).
2010 Banff Wired Writing (Mentor: Connie Gault).
2009 Vancouver Manuscript Intensive (Mentor: Betsy Warland).
Work Experience
2009-2011 French Immersion Teacher-On-Call, North Vancouver School District No. 44.
2007-2009 French Teacher-On-Call, Mulgrave School, West Vancouver, B.C.
2005-2010 Self-employed French Tutor, North Vancouver, B.C.
1997-2003 French Immersion grade 2/3 Teacher, Rocky Mountain School District No. 6.
Workshops and Other Writing Related Work Experiences
Apr 2019 Guest Author for Yukon Public Libraries (Gave talks in 7 Yukon libraries and schools).
July 2018 Memoir Workshop, How to Write a Memoir in Less Than 12 Years, Atlin Lit Up.
Publications
Fall 2023 Gripped Magazine, Book Review of “Instead,” Maria Coffey.
Fall 2022 Gripped Magazine, Book Review of “Lights to Guide Me Home,” Megan Ward.
Sum 2022 Alpinist Magazine, “Swamp Thing.”
Spr 2021 Alpinist Magazine, “First Climb.”
Aug 2018 LIT HUB, “When Your Imposter Syndrome is Out of Control: A Reading List to Combat Self-Doubt.”
Apr 2018 Random House (Canada) and Counterpoint Press (U.S), End of the Rope: Mountains, Marriage, and Motherhood.
May 2018 Catapult “A Memoirist’s Terror and Insight: Writing My Ex-Husband on the Page.”
Sum 2014 Explore, “Hot on Your Heels.”
Sum 2014 Mountain Life, “Profile: Melissa Sheridan.”
2013 Rock, Paper, Fire: The Best of Mountain and Wilderness Writing, “End of the Rope.”
2012 Room, Issue 35.2, “God or Boys.”
2010 Still Running: North Shore Writers’ Association Anthology, “MMA Fighter Mom.”
2007 Emerge, SFU Anthology, “Canadian Pushover.”
Mar 2007 Faith Lost and Found, The National Post, “Who’s the Real Christian?”
May 2007 Facts & Arguments, The Globe & Mail, “I Married a Stuntman.”
2006 Writing From the Edge: North Shore Writers’ Assoc. Anthology, “The Big Sex Talk.”
Writing Awards
2013 Scholarship from BC Arts Council, $6,000.
2020 Short-listed for the 3-Day Novel Contest.
2018 1st Place, Shextreme Adventure Book Competition, Bristol, U.K.
2018 Category Finalist, Mountain Literature, Banff Mountain Book Competition.
2012 Short-listed for Prism’s Non-Fiction Contest.
2011 1st Place Non-Fiction Winner for Room Magazine.
2011 Short-listed for Story-teller’s Award for Surrey International Writer’s Conference.
2010 1st Place Non-Fiction Winner for the North Shore Writer’s Association Contest.
2009 2nd Place Fiction Winner for the Vancouver International Reader’s and Writer’s Festival.
2008 Short-listed for Literary Writes, BC Federation of Writers.
2006 2nd Place Non-Fiction Winner for the North Shore Writer’s Association Contest.
Readings, Panels and Interviews
Apr 2024 (upcoming) Squamish Writers Reading, Brackendale Art Gallery, (participant).
Nov 2018 Book Presentation, Unique Lives, North Vancouver.
Nov 2018 Panel Member, “Out of Bounds,” Banff Mountain Film & Book Festival.
Nov 2018 Book Presentation, Banff Mountain Film & Book Festival.
Oct 2018 Book Event, “Starting Over,” Vancouver Writers Festival.
Oct 2018 Book Event, “Lives Off Road,” Vancouver Writers Festival.
Oct 2018 Panel Member, “Writing Mountains,” Thinking Mountains Conference, Banff.
Sep 2018 Book Event, Salt Spring Public Library, (with Angie Abdou & Hal Wake).
Sep 2018 Book Event, Vancouver Public Library, (with Angie Abdou & Hal Wake).
July 2018 Book Event, Atlin Lit Up Festival, (with Joanna Lilley & Peter Jickling).
May 2018 Book Presentation, Telluride MountainFilm Festival, (with Jenni Lowe-Anker).
May 2018 Book Presentation, Squamish Library.
Apr 2018 Book Talk, Third Place Books, Portland, OR. (with Carol Shaben and Rachel Rose).
Apr 2018 Book Talk, Annie Bloom’s Books, Seattle, WA. (with Carol Shaben and Rachel Rose).
Apr 2018 Book Talks and Launches: Golden, Vancouver, Squamish, BC, Canmore, AB.
Apr 2018 Book Event, In Conversation with Angie Abdou, Fernie & Kimberley B.C.
Apr 2018 Book Talk, In Conversation with Jayme Moye, Nelson, B.C.
Apr 2018 Panel Member, “Outdoor Endurance & Survival,” Whistler, B.C.
Apr 2018 Book Event, In Conversation with Amanda Lewis & Kate Harris, North Vancouver.
Apr 2018 Book Talk with Kate Harris, Bolen Books, Victoria.
Apr 2018 Panel Member, “Writing Memoir,” Toronto Reference Library, with Ayelet Tsabari.
Nov 2015 Panel Member, “A Summit of One’s Own,” Banff Mountain Film Festival.
Media Coverage - Interviews
Nov 2023 Guest author, For the Love of podcast with Angie Marie and Jeni Stembridge.
May 2023 Interview on Writers Radio with Ingrid Rose.
Nov 2020 Guest author, Bold Leaps podcast with Lisa Bagshaw.
May 2019 the dyrt, Interviewed by Korrin Bishop.
July 2018 Interview on Climbtalk, Radio 1190, Boulder, CO.
July 2018 Interview on CBC Yukon Radio, with Dave White.
May 2018 Interview on TheCommentary with Joseph Planta.
May 2018 Interview, Mountain Life Magazine, with Cassidy Randall.
Apr 2018 Interview, Roundhouse Radio 98.3, Janice and Cory Show.
Apr 2018 Interview, The Homestretch, CBC Radio, with Doug Dirks.
Apr 2018 Interview, CFAX Radio, Victoria, with Mark Brennae.
Apr 2018 Interview, CBC Yukon Radio, with Dave White.
Apr 2018 Interview, Canada Now, with Jeff Sammut.
Apr 2018 Interview, CTV Your Morning, Toronto.
Media Coverage - Reviews and Articles
Mar 2018 Macleans Magazine, Reviewed and interviewed by Joanne Latimer.
Mar 2018 Publishers Weekly.
Mar 2018 Kirkus.
Apr 2018 Whistler Pique Magazine.
Apr 2018 Kimberley Bulletin, Review by Corey Bullock.
Apr 2018 Vancouver Sun, Review by Tara Henley.
Apr 2018 Nelson Star, Review by Linda Poignant.
Apr 2018 Rocky Mountain Outlook, Canmore, AB, Review by Lynn Martel.
Apr 2018 The Squamish Chief, Review by Pat Johnson.
May 2018 Outside Magazine, Review by Jayme Moye.
May 2018 Romper, Review by Janet Manley.
May 2018 Bustle, Review by E.CE Miller.
May 2018 Trek Magazine, Alumni UBC, Review by Alix Ohlin.
June 2018 Gripped Magazine, Review by Lynn Martel.
July 2018 Alpinist, Review by Katherine Indermaur.
July 2018 BC BookWorld, Review by Cherie Theissen.
Memberships
2018-present The Writers Union of Canada, member.
2015-present Creative Nonfiction Collective Society, member.