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Wendy Burton
BIO
Biography

My debut novel Ivy’s Tree was published by Thistledown Press in September 2020.

I completed a second draft of Millicent, the fictionalised account of my great-great-grandmother’s life in London’s East End in the 1850s. My work with this manuscript earned me a Letter of Distinction from Humber College Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing in 2020. This ms is now on its journey to find an agent or publisher.

I have a "ready to go" ms, Fort St John, at 88 000 words, also journeying to find an agent.

I taught academic and work place writing, story-telling, diversity education, and educating for social justice for 35 years at the University of the Fraser Valley. I retired as Director, Teaching and Learning in 2014; I received the rank of Professor Emerita in 2015.

In 1996 I completed my third novel, which so far has earned 18 letters of rejection.

My writing has always been a passionate outlet for the “what if” aspect of my personality.  

ADDRESS
City: Hornby Island, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
GENRE
literary fiction, creative non-fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
"Five Pounds of Yellow Onions"
Publisher
Understorey Magazine
Title
Halifax
Title
NS
Title
Canada
Publisher
Issue 19
Title
2020
Title
“Swimming in the Dark.”
Publisher
FolkLife
Title
V. 2
Title
Gabriola Island
Title
BC
Title
Canada.
Publisher
October
Title
2020
Title
Millicent (excerpt)
Publisher
Embark. Issue 13
Title
October 2020.
Publisher
2020
Title
"Precarious"
Publisher
First Edition. Hornby Island
Title
BC
Title
Canada
Publisher
February 2021
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Wendy Ellen Burton
Publication
"Swimming in the Dark" FolkLife
Year
2020
Name
V. 2
Name
Gabriola Island
Name
BC
Name
Canada.
LINKS
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