I’m reading this Tuesday, February 11 at Port Moody Library with six other authors. All contributed to the Port Moody Library’s White Pines Program which features local writers.

This free event is being held from 7pm – 8:30pm in the comfy Fireside room. Come and join us for a lovely, lively, literary evening.

WRITERS IN OUR MIDST#14 — Writer’s Biographies

Leesa Hanna is a writer and artist living in Port Moody, British Columbia. She has had poetry published by the online magazine, ‘the Story Quilt’. She has recently completed writing and illustrating her first children’s chapter book, The BIG Adventures of Little O – A Song for the Salmon. This book was longlisted for the CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers.) Writing for Children Competition 2019. It is also included in the White Pines Collection at the Port Moody Library. Visit her website at www.leesahanna.com

Writing from the burbs of Vancouver, Lesley Evans Ogden, specializes in stories about ecology, conservation, animal behaviour, and freelancing. She also explores the intersection of science, human rights, and policy. She crossed a bridge from scientist to writer after a PhD (SFU) and postdoctoral research (UBC) on shorebird and songbird ecology. Her work appears internationally at places like Natural History, National Geographic, BioScience, BBC Future, New Scientist, and on CBC’s The Nature of Things. Find her at lesleyevansogden.com and on Twitter @ljevanso.

Jim Peacock, author of Remember the Good Times, published in 2019, resided for more than 50 years in Port Moody. He had a 15-year journalism career and more years than that in the practice of public and media relations and communications consulting. An active volunteer, he is a past president of the Port Moody Foundation, The Glenayre Community Association and the Variety Club of British Columbia, He has been a long-time supporter of the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation. His book is a memoir.

Shannon Matter is a singer/songwriter, writer and aromatherapist. She lives in Coquitlam and performs her original music around the lower mainland often. She has four music compilations to her credit, a DVD, a documentary of her music, five books and more albums and books to come! Visit her website at www.shannonmatter.com

Gerry Bradley was born and raised on Prince Edward Island. He spent thirty-four years working in community mental health in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and is now recently retired. He lives in Port Moody with his wife, Sasha, and their dog, Roxy. When not cutting the grass or washing the car or trying to write, he plays the fiddle with an Irish band called Port na Gael–see @portnagael on Facebook.

In 1989, Gregory J. Robb began his odyssey to publish half a million words in online and traditional periodicals before fearlessly engaging the longer book form. His inaugural book, Transience: From Failure to Future in a Scarred Family, was published in 2015; his second book is currently in the final stages of production. Greg continues to pursue the greatest story of all from his beloved home of Vancouver, Canada.

W. L. Hawkin writes “edgy urban fantasy with a twist of murder.” Described as “intoxicating, lush, magically-edgy, page-turners,” her Hollystone Mysteries follow a coven of witches who solve murders. An Indie publisher with Blue Haven Press, Wendy is also a poet and reviewer with a background in literature and Indigenous Studies. She’s thrilled to have her books available locally in metaphysical stores and in the White Pines Collection at the Port Moody Library. Visit Wendy at http://bluehavenpress.com