Wendy Lill

Wendy Lill was born in Vancouver in 1950 and was educated in London, ON, and Toronto. She lived for many years in Winnipeg and now resides in Dartmouth, NS, with her husband Richard and two children, Joe and Sam. She has written for magazines, radio, television and stage. Her plays have been produced extensively on Canadian and international stages. Her play All Fall Down examines the roots of intolerance and hysteria and their effects on love. Sisters received the Labatt's Canadian Play Award at the Newfoundland and Labrador Drama Festival. Primedia Productions brought out television versions of two of Lill's plays, Sisters and Memories of You which Lill scripted. (Sisters won a Gemini in 1992). Lill has four plays nominated for a Governor General's Award for Drama: The Glace Bay Miners' Museum (1996), All Fall Down (1994), The Occupation of Heather Rose (1987) and Corker (1998). Between June 1997 and June 2004, Wendy Lill was the Member of Parliament for Dartmouth and the Culture Communications critic for the federal New Democratic Party (NDP). Her latest play, Chimera, premiered at Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, January 2007. All of Lill's plays are published by Talonbooks.