Jennica Harper

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Jennica Harper is a Canadian television writer and producer, most noted as a WGC Screenwriting Award winner and two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for her work on the television sitcom Jann . [1]

She won the WGC award in 2020 for the episode "The Big House". [2] She was also a WGC winner in the Tweens and Teens category in 2016 for the Some Assembly Required episode "Rocket with a Pocket". [3]

At the Canadian Screen Awards, she was a nominee for Best Writing in a Comedy Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021 for "What Did Jann Do", [4] and at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for "No Drama". [5] She also previously received a nomination for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Limited Series at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for Cardinal . [6]

She has also published four books of poetry. [7] Her collection Wood was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2014, [8] and Bounce House was a finalist for the ReLit Awards in 2020. [9] Her other poetry collections were The Octopus and Other Poems (2006) [10] and What It Feels Like for a Girl (2008). [7] She is also known for "The Sally Draper Poems", a poetry sequence she wrote in the character of Sally Draper from the television series Mad Men for the literary magazine Numéro Cinq . [11]

Harper was born in North Bay, Ontario, and raised in Brampton. [12] [13] She is an alumna of the creative writing program at the University of British Columbia. [11]

References

  1. ↑ A. R. Wilson, "Jann: Co-creators Jennica Harper and Leah Gauthier on writing Season 3 and their love of spoilers". TV, eh?, October 15, 2021.
  2. ↑ Kelly Townsend, "WGC virtually honours Dennis Heaton with showrunner award". Playback , April 28, 2020.
  3. ↑ Craig Takeuchi, "Writers Guild of Canada awards top Canadian screenwriters of 2016". The Georgia Straight , May 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada , March 30, 2021.
  5. ↑ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada , February 15, 2022.
  6. ↑ Brent Furdyk, "The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling". ET Canada , March 27, 2019.
  7. 1 2 Melanie, "Hidden Gems of Queer Lit: Jennica Harper’s 'What It Feels Like for a Girl'". Autostraddle , August 13, 2015.
  8. ↑ Julie Baldassi, "B.C. Book Prizes nominees announced". Quill & Quire , March 12, 2014.
  9. ↑ Ryan Porter, "ReLit concludes month-long awards celebration by announcing 2020 winners". Quill & Quire , April 30, 2021.
  10. ↑ Darlene Shatford, "Varied Voices". Canadian Literature , Summer 2007.
  11. 1 2 "The Sally Draper Poems: A Poem Cycle by Jennica Harper". Numéro Cinq , March 2013.
  12. ↑ "Jennica Harper". Library and Archives Canada. Ottawa ON: Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "Poetry reading at ACT" (Newspapers.com). The News. Maple Ridge BC: Black Press Media. 19 April 2006. p. A39.
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