Month: September 2010
Sharon Overend
SHARON OVEREND’s fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry has appeared in Canadian, American and UK literary journals and anthologies. In 2010, she won the Random House Student Award from University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies, and in 2018 won the Rotary Club (Stratford Ontario Writers’ Festival) Short Story contest. In 2014, she was nominated for a Journey Prize, the celebrated Canadian literary prize for short stories.
Short Stories:

Scott Young
(1918-2005)
Rowsell, Lori Jean Rowsell
Lori Jean Rowsell is a multi-genre author and a member of the CSFFA. Her short stories have appeared in two Kawartha Lakes Stories anthologies. Her debut Young Adult novel, No Other Love, was published in early 2022. Professionally, she is a nurse who specializes in geriatric care and infection control. Lori Jean lives with her family and their handsome dog in the City of Kawartha Lakes. For more: www.lorijeanrowsell.com
Books:
No Other Love, 2022
Kawartha Lakes Stories, volume 1
Cathy Hamill-Hill
Cathy Hamill-Hill writes for a number of publications as well as short stories. Her writing works span from agriculture, municipal politics, and community events.
Works:
Voice of the Farmer
Kawartha Lakes Stories, volume 1
Tiffany Short
Tiffany Short is a short story writer in Kawartha Lakes.
Works:
Kawartha Lakes Stories, volume 1
David R. Hersey
Author of “Cottage Wars,” Hersey lives near Coboconk during cottage season.
Available for borrowing from Kawartha Lakes Public Library.
Monroe Scott
Phil Hall
Poet, born in Lindsay, ON.
Gabrielle Wills
Although no longer residing in Kawartha Lakes, Gabrielle Wills based the fictional town in her novel, A Place to Call Home, on Lindsay.
Other Works: