Caroline Adderson Greenwood’s StoryFest 2025

Born and raised in Alberta, Caroline Adderson spent the year after graduating high school travelling across Canada and doing various types of volunteer work for the Katimavik youth program before settling in Vancouver. She earned her Bachelor of Education with a Concentration in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and then worked for a decade as an ESL teacher. She is the author of several highly acclaimed novels – A History of Forgetting, Sitting Practice, The Sky is Falling, Ellen in Pieces, A Russian Sister, three collections of short stories, and many books for young readers. She will present her newest book for children, A Pond, A Poet, and Three Pests, along with related activities at StoryFest for Kids. Her writing awards include three BC Book Prizes, three CBC Literary Awards, the Marian Engel Award for mid-career achievement, and National Magazine Award Gold Medal for Fiction. She teaches in the Writing and Publishing Program at Simon Fraser University.

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