Sheree-Lee Olson
Sheree-Lee Olson | |
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| File:Sheree-lee olson small.jpg | |
| Occupation | Novelist, Poet, Journalist |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Genre | Literature, Poetry, Non-fiction |
| Notable works | Sailor Girl |
| Website | |
| http://www.sheree-leeolson.com | |
Sheree-Lee Olson is a Canadian novelist, poet and journalist.
She was born in Picton, Ontario on the shores of Lake Ontario and grew up across Canada and in Europe. After earning degrees in visual art, philosophy and journalism, she joined The Globe and Mail as an editor in 1985. She is currently Style Editor at The Globe and Mail, Canada's leading national newspaper.[1]
Sheree-Lee Olson's poetry and fiction can be found in Descant and The Antigonish Review. Her essays have appeared in The Globe and Mail and Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell The Truth About Motherhood (2007).[2]
In 2007-08 she was the Webster/McConnell Fellow in the Canadian Journalism Fellowships Program at Massey College, University of Toronto.[3]
Her first novel, Sailor Girl, was published in 2008 by Porcupine's Quill.[4] It attention across Canada and received several favourable reviews, including those on CBC Radio One Talking Books [5] and in The Globe and Mail [6].
References
- ^ http://www.bce.ca/en/news/releases/bg/2005/09/26/73505.html BCE press release October 26, 2005
- ^ http://www.keyporter.com/BookDetail.aspx?ISBN=1552639118 Key Porter Books
- ^ http://www.utoronto.ca/massey/journalism/pastfellows.html Massey College
- ^ http://www.sentex.net/~pql/sailor.html Porcupine's Quill Press
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2008/07/its_anchors_away_on_talking_bo_1.html CBC Radio One: Talking Books panel discussion about Sailor Girl, June 21, 2008
- ^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080628.BKSAIL28/TPStory/Entertainment/Books/ Review of Sailor Girl in The Globe and Mail, June 28, 2008
External links
- Official site
- The Globe and Mail
- "Like Father, Like Daughter," essay in The Globe and Mail, August 14, 2007
- Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell The Truth About Motherhood
- Massey College: Canadian Journalism Fellowships
- Porcupine's Quill Press
- Excerpt of Sailor Girl in The Globe and Mail, June 2, 2008