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Born and raised in Manitoba, moved with family to Moncton in 1984, and to the
Portage Vale area near Elgin in 1996. In 1985, I attended the Maritime Writers'
Workshop at UNB and again in 1988 and 1989.  I was a regular at the Moncton
Writers' Breakfast and upon moving to the country, became a member of the Sussex
Writers' and Illustrators' Guild. In 2004, I travelled to the Banff Centre for
the five-week Writing Studio where I worked on my Jewelweed manuscript. Poetry
is an abiding interest: my early work harkens back to the prairies; in later
years, I've explored the glosa form (Sylvia Plath is an inspiration) and now, I
seem to be influenced by Emily Dickinson, both her work and her
history.

I continue to write and perform for children. This summer
(2010), a friend and I travelled to Tatmagouche for a Sheree Fitch workshop. We
enjoyed the connection with other children's writers and vowed to return,
published book in hand!

Born in Taber, AB, grew up in Woodstock, NB; did degrees in English literature
at UNB and University of London; taught in the English department at UNB.  
Married to the artist Marjory Donaldson.

I survived a 32 year career as an educator, before embarking on a second “dream” career,  finding fulfillment as a poet and feature writer. I feel blessed to be able to do, at last, what I always wanted to do.

Sherman was born on 1934.  He and his wife Mae now live in a 100 year old house on a 100 acre lot in Dundas, NB that was once Mae’s childhood home.  They have four children, seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.  Mae is actively involved in the Historical Society of Early American Decoration that is located in Cooperstown, NY. She has participated in many exhibitions at annual meetings and has also been a member of the judging committee for more than a decade.  She has recently completed a one year term as President of Moncton’s
Women’s Probus Club. 

Sherman is a retired member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical workers.  At the time of his retirement, he developed an interest in writing and has been published numerous times in Voice for the Island Senior in PEI and other local publications such as the Moncton Times and Transcript.  He has been short listed in the Writer’s Union of Canada’s Postcard Competition in 2005.  The title of his submission was A Magical Place.

Raymond Fraser is the author of nine books of fiction, three of non-fiction, and six collections of poetry. Following publication of his novel In Another Life he received the 2009 Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for High Achievement in English-language Literary Arts An earlier novel, The Bannonbridge Musicians, was runner-up for the Governor General's Award. Five of his books are listed in Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books (Nimbus Press), one of only four authors to share this distinction.