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Moose Jaw,
Saskatchewan, Canada Pamela Porter
Having gained her undergraduate English degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana, Pamela Porter has taught writing to adults at the tribal school on the Saanich peninsula. |
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For more information, contact word.festival@sasktel.net |
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Born
in Albuquerque, New Mexico on July 14, 1956, Pamela Porter of Sidney,
B.C., has also lived in Texas, Louisiana, Washington and Montana. Her
husband's family has operated a family farm near Weyburn, Saskatchewan,
for generations. Inspired by stories heard from her husband's family, her
second junior novel, The Crazy Man (Groundwood, 2005), told in free verse,
explores the aftermath of a Saskatchewan family's disintegration in 1965.
It was accorded the Governor General's Award for Children Literature
(English text) for 2005.