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Jerri Jerreat

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Born

in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Website

http://www.jerrijerreat.com/

Genre

Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Influences

There are so many authors who have inspired me! Rosemary Wells, Madele ...more

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June 2014

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I've been a canoe instructor, camp counselor, volunteer worker, house painter, inept waitress, receptionist, freelance writer, writing instructor, ESL instructor, drama mentor, director of plays, elementary school teacher, mother, and a social justice and environmental activist.

I suppose I'm still all of those things.

My first breakthrough came when I won the grade 8 Writing Award for grade 8. The English teacher must have been amazed by my six-page poem dedicated to Bobby Orr. (Mr. Orr never replied.)

Later, I wrote articles for parenting magazines as I muddled through a few happy, hazy years with three children. ("Today's Parent" and "Canadian Living".)

Recently, my short stories have been published in the Imagine 2200: Climate FIction for I've been a canoe instructor, camp counselor, volunteer worker, house painter, inept waitress, receptionist, freelance writer, writing instructor, ESL instructor, drama mentor, director of plays, elementary school teacher, mother, and a social justice and environmental activist.

I suppose I'm still all of those things.

My first breakthrough came when I won the grade 8 Writing Award for grade 8. The English teacher must have been amazed by my six-page poem dedicated to Bobby Orr. (Mr. Orr never replied.)

Later, I wrote articles for parenting magazines as I muddled through a few happy, hazy years with three children. ("Today's Parent" and "Canadian Living".)

Recently, my short stories have been published in the Imagine 2200: Climate FIction for Future Ancestors (Grist/Fix Magazine. "Benni and Shiya..."), Alluvian Journal, Flyway Journal, Alium Journal, The New Quarterly, The Yale Review Online, The Penmen Review, Feminine Collective, The Dalhousie Review, The Antigonish Review, Room, Toasted Cheese, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Everyday Fiction and others. Lately, my sci fi stories have appeared in Tesseracts 21 (Edge Publishing) and inGlass, Gardens & Solarpunk Summers and “Glass and Garden, Solarpunk Winters” (World Weaver Press) , as well as “Solarpunk: Dalla disperazione alla strategia” (Future Fiction), all available for order from the publishers or online. Another is forthcoming in "Solarpunk Creatures."

I think that a well-written story should move you, and perhaps, wake you up a morsel.

I'm also the proud Director of "Youth Imagine the Future--a Festival of Writing & Art", held across a large chunk of Eastern Ontario, Anishnaabe and Haudenosaunee territory. The art and stories that the youth, grades 7-12, created were dazzling last year. Excited to see this year's batch! Please check the website: Youthimaginethefuture.com

Why not run a similar sort of festival in your region, or at your college or university? Climate Anxiety and Climate Depression are growing among young people. A festival like this helps to turn folx toward positive, realistic solutions. We know the problems caused by the Climate Crisis. We don't need any more dystopias. We need to see how different solutions might help us to have a better future. ...more

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	Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers by Sarena Ulibarri (Goodreads Author) (Editor), D.K. Mok (Goodreads Author), Julia K. Patt 3.79 avg rating — 519 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters by Sarena Ulibarri (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Wendy Nikel (Goodreads Author), Andrew Dana Hudson (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solarpunk Creatures by Christoph Rupprecht (Editor), N. R. M. Roshak, Lauren C. Teffeau (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saving the Planet: Solarpunk Stories by Paul Newcomb (Editor), Jerri Jerreat (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jennifer Lee Rossman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 2.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solarpunk: Dalla disperazione alla strategia by Jerri Jerreat (Goodreads Author), Francesco Verso (Goodreads Author), Clelia Farris 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imagine 2200: The 2022 Climate Fiction Collection by Nadine Tomlinson, Gina McGuire, Chuck Squatriglia (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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