Lisa Harrington

Lisa Harrington (born 6 July 1965) is a Canadian writer from Nova Scotia. She won the Ann Connor Brimer Award in 2013 for her book Live to Tell.

Biography

Lisa Harrington was born on 6 July 1965 in Amherst, Nova Scotia. ^[1] She attended Mount Saint Vincent University, graduating with a degree in education, ^[2] followed by Acadia University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English. ^[1] After finishing her education, she worked as a schoolteacher at elementary and junior high schools. She began writing after the death of her mother, creating a story for six identical necklaces left behind in her possessions without explanation. While writing this story, she took a course directed by Norene Smiley through the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, subsequently entering her story into the Atlantic Writers competition and winning third place. Harrington's first published piece of writing was a short story called A Nanna Mary Christmas, which appeared in the 2008 Christmas anthology A Maritime Christmas. ^[1]

Harrington's first novel, Rattled, was published in 2010 by Nimbus Publishing. ^[2] In 2013, she won the Ann Connor Brimer Award for her book Live to Tell. ^[3] The book received nominations for the White Pine Award, the SYRCA Snow Willow Award, and the Arthur Ellis Award. ^[4]

Publications

Books

• Harrington, Lisa (2010). Rattled. Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus Publishing. ISBN   978-1-5510-9783-1. ^{[5] [2] [6]}
• — (2012). Live to Tell. Markham, ON: Dancing Cat Books. ISBN   978-1-7708-6217-3. ^[7]
• — (2014). Twisted. Toronto: Cormorant Books. ISBN   978-1-7708-6413-9. ^{[8] [9]}
• — (2018). The Goodbye Girls. Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus Publishing. ISBN   978-1-7710-8635-6. ^[10]
• — (2019). The Big Dig. Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus Publishing. ISBN   978-1-7710-8754-4. ^[11]

Short fiction

• Harrington, Lisa (2008). "A Nanna Mary Christmas". A Maritime Christmas. Introduction by Clary Croft. Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus Publishing. ISBN   978-1-5510-9685-8. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Jenkinson, Dave (July 2012). "Lisa Harrington Profile". CM Magazine. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
2. [WFNS]. "Lisa Harrington". Halifax, N.S.: Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
3. [WFNS]. "Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children's Literature". Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
4. [ACP]. "Lisa Harrington". 49th Shelf. Association of Canadian Publishers. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
5. Jenkinson, Dave (3 December 2010). "Rattled: A Mystery". CM Magazine. Vol. XVII, no. 14. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
6. MacLeod, Norma Lee (12 November 2010). "Your Recommendations for Young Readers". CBC Maritime Noon. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
7. Foster, Jennifer D. (October 2012). "Live to Tell by Lisa Harrington". Quill & Quire . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
8. Lapenskie, Gillian (19 December 2014). "Twisted". CM Magazine. Vol. XXI, no. 16. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
9. Givner, Joan (February 2015). "Harrington, Lisa: Twisted" . Resource Links. Vol. 20, no. 3. Gale Academic . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
10. Deziel, Shanda (May 2018). "The Goodbye Girls by Lisa Harrington". Quill & Quire . Retrieved 26 December 2025.
11. Wilson, Susie (10 May 2019). "The Big Dig". CM Magazine. Vol. XXV, no. 34. Retrieved 26 December 2025.

External links

• Lisa Harrington at 49th Shelf, Association of Canadian Publishers