2020 RCLAS Write On! Contest BIOS: Non-Fiction Winners & Honourable Mentions Leesa Hanna is a writer and artist living in Port Moody. Inspired by the natural beauty of the West Coast of Canada, she works in multiple mediums to parlay her thoughts—but the theme of her work remains the same; humankind’s connection to nature and to mother earth. Her first children’s book, The BIG Adventures of Little O - A song for the salmon is a nature/fantasy novel, which portrays young ocean and forest creatures of the Pacific Northwest. This book was longlisted for CANSCAIP’s Writing for Children Competition 2019 and is available through her website, www.leesahanna.com.
Janaya Fuller Evans is a psychology student, a writer and a former reporter. She is a mother of two, and the wife of another writer. She can often be found playing dress up with her youngest child. She owns a lot of wigs. She loves to read – everything from classical literature to comic books, everything within that spectrum. She is also an oversharer with a nostalgic bent. Her writing has been featured in local papers and on various websites during the past decade. This is the first nonnews piece she’s had published since becoming a professional writer.
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Hamilton-Brown
has written and produced documentaries for television channels worldwide. His awardwinning poetry and short stories have been published in anthologies and literary journals in Canada, U.K, and America. He lives in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia and is presently working on a historical novel entitled “The Maverick King.”