Bio |
Jane Silcott writes essays and stories loosely organized around the puzzles of love, duty and self. Her first collection, Everything Rustles, was published in 2013 with Anvil Press, and her work has been published in several Canadian literary magazines and anthologies. Her writing has earned her recognition from the BC Book Prizes, the CBC Literary Awards, the National and Western Magazine Awards, the Creative Nonfiction Collective of Canada and Room.
Jane is a mentor with the University of King's College MFA Program in Creative Nonfiction, and with Vancouver Manuscriptive Intensive, and she teaches for the University of BC Writing Centre. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and a BA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Victoria. She serves on the boards of The Creative Nonfiction Collective of Canada and Geist Magazine. Originally from Toronto, she moved west when she was 19 and now lives in Vancouver with her husband and two children. |
