Donna Morrissey


Donna Morrissey is a Canadian author.
At age 16, Morrissey left The Beaches. She lived in various places in Canada before returning to St. John's, where she studied at Memorial University and obtained a Bachelor of Social Work and a diploma in adult education. Morrissey now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Morrissey has written six national best sellers and prize-winning novels — Kit's Law, Downhill Chance, Sylvanus Now, What They Wanted, The Deception of Livvy Higgs, and The Fortunate Brother — as well as one Gemini-nominated screenplay. In 2021 she published a memoir, Pluck: A Memoir of a Newfoundland Childhood and the Raucous, Terrible, Amazing Journey to Becoming a Novelist.
Morrissey defended Frank Parker Day's novel Rockbound in Canada Reads 2005. Rockbound eventually won the competition. In the 2007 edition of Canada Reads, an "all-star" competition pitting the five winning advocates from previous years against each other, Morrissey returned to champion Anosh Irani's novel The Song of Kahunsha.
Morrissey had a double mastectomy due to breast cancer.
WWW donnamorrissey.org

Publications

Kit's LawDownhill ChanceSylvanus NowWhat They WantedThe Deception of Livvy HiggsThe Fortunate BrotherPluck: A Memoir of a Newfoundland Childhood and the Raucous, Terrible, Amazing Journey to Becoming a Novelist
  • ''Rage the Night''

Filmography

  • ''Clothesline Patch''

Awards and recognition

For Sylvanus Now:
For Downhill Chance:
For Kit's Law:
For Clothesline Patch:
For The Deception of Livvy Higgs:
For The Fortunate Brother: