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

On September 18, 2010February 7, 2023 By Sara WalkerIn Fiction, Non-Fiction, Writer Local to Kawartha Lakes

(1918-2005)

Rowsell, Lori Jean Rowsell

On September 17, 2010February 7, 2023 By Sara WalkerIn Fiction, Short story writer, Writer Local to Kawartha Lakes

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

Kawartha Lakes Stories, volume 2

Matters of Time, an anthology

Cathy Hamill-Hill

On September 17, 2010February 7, 2023 By Sara WalkerIn Fiction, Humour, Non-Fiction, Writer Local to Kawartha Lakes

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