Alison Wearing

Alison is an award-winning Canadian writer, playwright, and performer. Her essays and stories have been awarded a National Magazine Award Gold Medal, a Western Magazine Award 1st Prize, and been a finalist for the Journey Prize. Her books have been nominated for the RBC Taylor Prize, shortlisted for the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Nonfiction, selected as an Indigo Top Pick, and become national bestsellers. Her numerous theatre awards include Best Dramatic Script at New York City’s United Solo, the world’s largest festival of solo theatre. Alison is the creator and facilitator of Memoir Writing Ink, an interactive online program that guides people through the process of transforming personal stories into memoir.