Donna Morrissey has been described as
a "Newfoundland Thomas Hardy" (The Globe & Mail). She is an award-winning author whose novels include "Kit's Law", "Downhill Chance", "Slyvanus Now", "What They Wanted". The writer also won a Gemini Award for her screenplay, "Clothesline Patch". Morrissey grew up in Newfoundland currently lives in Halifax.
Tom Crothers is an Irish-born Canadian author, whose sense of place figures largely in his works. His latest novel, "Sandfires", has been nominated for a Governor General's Award.
