Donna Morrissey

Donna Morrissey

Donna Morrissey is the award-winning author of six novels. Her novel Sylvanus Now was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and she was nominated for a Gemini Award for the film Clothesline Patch.
Morrissey is from The Beaches, a small fishing outport in Newfoundland, and now lives in Halifax, Canada.



You remember what I says. You’re the fortunate one. You still gets to be with us for a bit longer. The other one—well, he’s watching on, somewhere

The Fortunate Brother

Donna Morrissey