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Linda Hutsell-Manning

Author

9604 County Road 2, RR5
Cobourg, ON
K9A 4J8
Phone: 905-372-0288
Fax: 905-372-0173
Email: lman@nexicom.net
Web: www.lindahutsellmanning.ca

Born: 16 August 1940. Winnipeg, MB
Husband James. Adult children: Bruce, David, Laura

Biography

Linda Hutsell-Manning was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and moved to Ontario at age nine where she attended school and university. Initially a teacher, she has been writing for twenty years with most of her publications in the juvenile fiction category. She gives lively readings and workshops in Canadian schools and libraries and has promoted her work in Germany and Luxembourg. She has also taught Creative Writing at Loyalist College, Belleville, Ontario. Currently she is promoting her Wonder Horn Series with Coteau Books. Books include: Jason and the Wonder Horn, Jason and the Deadly Diamonds and, work-in-progress, Jason and the Portrait Snatchers.

Published Works

Juvenile Fiction

Otto Hears Everything, Otikids, Oticon, Denmark, 2005. Educational; to date translated into 8 languages besides English
Jason and the Deadly Diamonds, Coteau books, 2004 Jason and the Wonder Horn, Coteau Books, fall 2002 Dinosaur Days, Stoddart Canada 1993/ BridgeWater Books (div of Troll) USA 1994
Animal Hours, OUP 1991 / Stoddart 1996
Cooling Off, Gage Canada 1984/ Dominie Press, Ca 1994
"Grumpy the Groundhog" in Cricket, La Salle, IL, 1981
Wondrous Tales of Wicked Winston, Annick Press, 1981

Juvenile Drama & TV

Merch the Invisible Wizard, Canterbury Performing Arts High School, Ottawa, ON, 3 shows, May 2003
Marcie Saves the Circus, Winner 2000 Maxim Mazumdar New Play Comp., Alleyway Th., Buffalo, NY.
The Great Zanderthon Takeover, PUC, 1984. Copyscript reprint 2000
Merch the Invisible Wizard, PUC, Canada,1983
Freddykid and Seagull Sam, PUC, Canada, 1982
Five scripts for TVOntario's Polka Dot Door aired from 1981 to 1993

Short Fiction

"For Once in Your Life" in Litwit Magazine, Winter 2000
"Once Upon a Lightbulb" in Prairie Journal Trust, 1998
"Wolf" in Great Canadian Murder & Mystery Stories, Quarry Press, 1991

Poetry

"The Calf in Hidden Valley" in lichen magazine, spring 2000
"Connections" and "Miss Cannom's Chili Sauce", Seeds Chapbook Anthology, Spring 2000
"The Grief House" in The Danforth Review (http://www.michaelbryson.com/danforth), Aug 1999
"Fort San Giants" in Prairie Journal Trust Summer 1999
"She Dreamed the Prairie" in Quarry, 1992
"Descent to Saskatoon" in Freelance, 1991
"Dementia Days" in Grain, 1991

Theatre

"Merch the Invisible Wizard", Canterbury Performing Arts High School, May 2003 "Agnes" in Going it Alone, Plays by Women for Solo Performers, Nuage Editions 1997 (monologue)
Wolfcall, one act play, workshopped at Solar Stage, Toronto, Canada, Director Marianne McIsaac 1993

Other

Teachers' Guide for Jason and the Wonder Horn, Coteau Books, TBP "Frightseeing in the Northumberland Hills" in Watershed Magazine, fall 2001 "Settlers" in County of Northumberland, Wallbridge House Publishing, 2000
"The Wonder of Words" in Poets in the Classroom, Pembroke, 1995
11 Teacher's Guides in Oxford Book Bag, OUP, 1991

Awards

1999 Seeds Poetry Competition: "Connections" 3rd place
"Miss Cannom's Chili Sauce", Honourable Mention
Canadian Children's book Centre, "Our Choice" Award for Dinosaur Days 1994.
Shortlisted, Stephen Leacock Poetry Award, for "Walking on Broken Glass", 1994.
Shortlisted, Short Grain Award, for "Dementia Days.
Shortlisted, Writer's Quarterly Poetry Competition, for "Freak Show".

Other Memberships

The Writers Union of Canada, Playwrights Union of Canada, Saskatchewan Writers Guild, PENN

Available For

Readings and workshops in poetry, playwriting and fiction from Kindergarten to OAC.


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