With honesty, love, and humour, in this moving memoir, Kelly S. Thompson explores her relationship with her older sister, Meghan. Tested by addiction, abuse, and illness, the sisters’ relationship crumbles, only to be rebuilt into an everlasting bond.
“Heroic and unforgettable.” Lindsay Wong, Writer’s Trust Award-Winning Memoirist
Kelly S. Thompson
Writer, Editor, Educator
Kelly S. Thompson is an award-winning writer of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. She is author of national bestselling memoir, Girls Need Not Apply, which the Globe and Mail listed as one of the top 100 books of 2019. She has been long listed for the CBC nonfiction prize and is an MFA mentor at University of King’s College Creative Nonfiction program.
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Quill & Quire
She certainly knows how to set a scene: her dialogue is authentic and she is adept at deploying telling detail. . . . The author creates a feeling of immediacy and often uncomfortable intimacy.
Hamilton Arts & Letters
The point is that Thompson has chops, and shows the same care and skill with her prose that she does with her service weapon. This debut is important, timely, and indeed beautiful.
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I can create tailored creative writing programming for various ages and grades with lessons on craft and technique. I also evaluate creative writing pieces and provide input and support for other writers.
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Member of Creative Nonfiction Society Collective
Kelly is now a member of the Creative Nonfiction Collective Society, which strives to support Canadian creative nonfiction. Nonfiction can be a wide variety of …
Kelly Awarded Residence at the Leighton Artists’ Colony
I am so excited to announce that I have been awarded a two week independent residency at the Leighton Artists’ Colony at the Banff Centre …
Kelly named 2013 winner of the Barbara Novak Writing Award for Excellence in Personal Essay
Kelly has been named the 2013 winner of the Barbara Novak Writing Award for Excellence in Personal Essay or Humour Writing. Kelly won the award …
Embedded on the Home Front WINS the CBC Bookie Award
Recently, Embedded on the Home Front: Where military and civilian lives converge, was nominated for a CBC Bookie Box of Tissues Award, the book most …
Embedded on the Home Front- NOMINATED FOR CBC BOOKIE AWARD!
My essay “We Are a (Military) Family” appeared in Embedded on the Home Front: Where military and civilian lives converge, published by Heritage House Press …
Kelly Made President of the Professional Writers Association Vancouver Chapter
Kelly has now taken on the role of President of the Professional Writers Association of Canada Vancouver Chapter. It should be a great year for …