Nellie P. (nee Kennedy) Stowbridge was born in Newfounland's oldest outports:
Hibb's Cove, Port de Grave where yarns of pirates and buried treasure still
stir the air. her education originated in a one room school and she later taught
in one.
The author and her husband, Clarence, have two children, daughter, Janalee Amelia,
and son, Michael Kennedy and a grandchild, Nicholas James Gaudon, the first
great-grandchild in the Kennedy and Stowbridge line.
Nellie and Clarence lodge in Pasadena, Newfoundland's crown of the Humber Valley
where she is working on several writing projects.
She is the author of a collection of short stories, Widdershins Stories of
a Fisherman's Daughter, a book of poetry, Shadows of the Heart, and
tri-author of Doors Held Ajar. She has also contributed to several anthologies.
Her award-winning letter/essay to Canada, 2117 is being taught as part
of an English Curriculum at Minsk State Linguistic University.
Awards
Sixteen Newfoundland and Labrador Arts & Letters Awards in essays, poetry,
stories and dramatic script from 1982-1999.
Canadian Writer's Journal Award 1996 Poetry Competition (First Place in free
verse category).
Canada's "Stamp of Approval" Award in 1992.
Selected Publications
Widdershins. (Jesperson Publishing, 1996).
Shadows of the Heart (Jesperson Publishing, 1998).
Selected Anthologies
Doors Held Ajar (Creative Publishing, 1996).
Wild on the Crest. (Jeroboom, 1995).
Bank Fires (Harry Cuff Publishing, 1989)
Books in Print
Stowbridge, Nellie
Widdershins. (Jesperson Publishing, 1996). 0-921692-73-0 $13.95
Shadows of the Heart (Jesperson Publishing, 1998). 0-921692-88-9 $12.95
Nellie P. Stowbridge nellie_stowbridge@yahoo.com