Michelle Deines

Michelle Deines is middle sister who grew up on rural Vancouver Island without television. Her work is often infused with a love of nature and adventure, two things that figured strongly in the stories of her childhood—which she often took a part in writing. Now, she is an award-winning writer who works in multiple genres, including poetry, non-fiction, and drama. Her plays include The Nighthawks, which won the 2019 Yellow Point Drama Group Playwriting Competition, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility, A Dog at a Feast, and I am the Bastard Daughter of Engelbert Humperdinck (co-written with Kathryn Kirkpatrick). Michelle also works as a director, dramaturge and literary editor. Michelle is a faculty membe of Capilano University in North Vancouver. She holds a BFA in Theatre and English from the University of Victoria, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She was Artistic Director of Working Spark Theatre from 2007-2020.

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