Ruth Abernethy is a sculptor from Lindsay.
Author’s website: www.ruthabernethy.com
a celebration of and resource for writers in Kawartha Lakes, including authors, poets, playwrights, and aspiring
During his teen years, author Linwood Barclay lived at Green Acres Trailer Park in Bobcaygeon. He writes about the experience in his memoir, Last Resort.
Other works:
Chase
Parting Shot
The Twenty-Three
Far From True
No Time for Goodbye
Broken Promise
Fear the Worst
Trust Your Eyes
Final Assignment
Never Look Away
Too Close to Home
Never Saw It Coming
The Accident
Bad Move
No Safe House
Ronald Douglas Lawrence (1921-2003) lived in many places and tried many things. Among his accomplishments he and his wife Joan bought a 350-acre farm, North Star Farm, near Uphill (Dalton township), Kawartha Lakes (then Victoria County) where they rescued wildlife. He chronicled the humorous account of those time in the book, The Zoo That Never Was.
Connie Neil is a Bobcaygeon author who writes about her experiences with being forced into electroconvulsive therapy, a procedure that left her with brain damage.
Author website: conneil39.wordpress.com
Aftershock: Raised Consciousness Crumbles SHAM Psychiatric System
Pauline Kiely is the author the humorous memoir, No Poverty Between The Sheets.
Author of:
http://www.mykawartha.com/whatson-story/3703917-memories-of-omemee-not-just-another-history-book-/
Tom Crowe is an author from Lindsay.
As The Crowe Flies
Available for purchase at Lulu.com and borrowing at the Kawartha Lakes Public Library.
News article: http://www.mykawartha.com/whatson-story/5468524-lindsay-s-tom-crowe-has-the-write-stuff/
Jim Bedard’s books:
Lotus in the Fire: the healing power of zen – available at Kent Bookstore.
Old Pond: the teachings of the elders – available at Kent Bookstore.