Sandra Phinney

Sandra Phinney’s stories and photographs have been published in over 70 publications including Nature Canada, Canadian Geographic, and the Toronto Star. Her fifth nonfiction book, BUSTED! Confessions of an 80-Year-Old Tree Hugger and Other True Tales of Life in Nova Scotia), Pottersfield Press, will be out in bookstores and online Sept. 21. The writer/photographer/author has had three stints as Writer-In-Residence in her home province, has mentored many writers at various stages of their writing lives, and delivers writing workshops across Canada related to memoir and creative nonfiction. Phinney lives off-grid with her husband on the Tusket River outside of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia where you’ll often find her paddling a canoe.