Linda Hutsell-Manning

Linda Hutsell-Manning's publications include juvenile fiction and plays, poetry, short fiction and TV scripts. She has worked as a free-lance journalist, taught creative writing at several community colleges, hosted author reading series and promoted her work internationally. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she moved to Ontario at age nine. After Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and Toronto Teachers' College, she taught for two years in a one room school. She has a B.A. from the University of Guelph and began writing full time in 1981. Her latest book is Jason and the Deadly Diamonds, Coteau Books,2004. Married with three adult children and four grandchildren, she has lived in many Canadian communities from Kamloops, BC to Cobourg, Ontario, where she now makes her home.

Awards
Maxum Mazumdar New Play Competition, Alleyway Theatre, Buffalo, NY, juvenile play category for Marcie Saves the Circus, 2000.
SEEDS Poetry Anthology Contest, 3rd. place for poem, "Connections," 2000.
SEEDS Poetry Anthology Contest, honourable menition for poem, "Miss Cannom's Chili Sauce," 2000.
Stephen Leacock Award, honourable mention for poem, "Walking on Broken Glass," 1994.
Short GRAIN Contest, honourable mention for prose poem, "Dementia Days," 1991.

 

Selected Publications
Otto Discovers FM (Oticon Denmark, 2006) ISBN: 911 92 020 00
Otto Hears Everything (Oticon Denmark, 2005) ISBN: 911 81 610 00
Jason and the Wonder Horn (Coteau Books, 2002) ISBN 1-55050-214-X.
Dinosaur Days (Stoddart Kids/Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1993/2002) ISBN 0-7737-2699-3.
Animal Hours (Oxford University Press/Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1991/2002) ISBN 0-19-540771-7.

 

Books in Print
Hutsell-Manning, Linda
Jason and the Wonder Horn Juvenile novel (Coteau Books, 2002) ISBN 1-55050-214-X, $9.95.
Dinosaur Days Poetry Picture Book (Stoddart Kids/Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1993/2002) ISBN 0-7737-2699-3, $7.95.
Animal Hours Poetry Picture Book (Oxford University Press/Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1991/2002) ISBN 0-19-540771-7, $7.95.
The Great Zanderthon Takeover Juvenile Play (Playwrights Canada, 1985/now copyscript) ISBN 1-55155-203-5, $8.00.
Merch the Invisible Wizard Juvenile Play (Playwrights Canada, 1983/ now copyscript) ISBN 1-555173-083-3, $8.00.
The Adventures of Freddykid and Seagull Sam Juvenile Play (Playwrights Canada, 1982/now copyscript) ISBN 1-55290-144-0, $8.00.

 

Linda Hutsell-Manning R.R.#5, Cobourg, Ontario K9A 4J8 Canada
http://www.lindahutsellmanning.ca/
lman@nexicom.net

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