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Donna Morrissey

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The Beaches, Newfoundland, Canada

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Donna Morrissey has written six nationally bestselling novels. She has received awards in Canada, the U.S., and England. Her novel Sylvanus Now was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and she was nominated for a Gemini for best writing for the film Clothesline Patch. Her fiction has been translated into several different languages. Born and raised in Newfoundland, she now lives in Halifax.
She recently wrote a children’s book, Cross Katie Kross, illustrated by her daughter, Bridget. Morrissey grew up in The Beaches, a small fishing outport in Newfoundland & Labrador and now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Average rating: 3.94 · 9,170 ratings · 1,048 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Kit's Law 4.01 avg rating — 3,349 ratings — published 1999 — 24 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
	Sylvanus Now (Sylvanus Now, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 1,142 ratings — published 2004 — 12 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
	Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist 4.37 avg rating — 905 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Rage the Night 3.90 avg rating — 843 ratings — 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
	The Fortunate Brother (Sylvanus Now #3) 3.73 avg rating — 857 ratings — published 2016 — 7 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
	Downhill Chance 3.87 avg rating — 739 ratings — published 2002 — 16 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
	The Deception of Livvy Higgs 3.70 avg rating — 764 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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
	What They Wanted 3.71 avg rating — 550 ratings — published 2006 — 7 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
	Cross Katie Kross 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Sur les côtes de Terre-Neuve - Tome 1: Sylvanus by Donna Morrissey (Goodreads Author), Laurent Boscq (translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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“Undoubtedly, a thing forever blooming is the soul, no matter how barren the soil. And only through that frightening abyss of the unknown self does the mind root out the light upon which it nourishes.”
― Donna Morrissey, Sylvanus Now

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“No sense of having anything if you’ve no one to give it to.”
― Donna Morrissey, Rage the Night

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“…it is in solitude where one finds one’s courage.”
― Donna Morrissey, Rage the Night

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May 27, 2017 10:34AM

Allan wrote: "If you want a taste of the east coast of Canada through the eyes of an exceptional writer, you need to get your hands on a Donna Morrissey story. The first book I read of hers is Sylvanus Now and I..."

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message 1: by Allan

Oct 16, 2014 04:01AM

If you want a taste of the east coast of Canada through the eyes of an exceptional writer, you need to get your hands on a Donna Morrissey story. The first book I read of hers is Sylvanus Now and I couldn't put it down. I'm off to the book store this weekend to pick up a couple more of her books.