Long Bio
Rowan McCandless writes from Treaty 7 territory in Calgary. A finalist for the Governor Generals Literary Award in nonfiction, Rowan is also a Co-winner of the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book (2022). Her award-winning writing has appeared in various anthologies and journals. In 2018, she was long-listed for the Journey Prize and won the Constance Rooke CNF prize. In 2020, she received gold with the National Magazine Awards. Rowan is the Creative Nonfiction editor with The Fiddlehead magazine. She is also first vice chair of The Writers’ Union of Canada. Her debut book, Persephone’s Children, is a mosaic memoir about Rowan’s odyssey as a Black, biracial woman escaping the stranglehold of domestic abuse. Follow Rowan on Instagram (rowanmccandlesswrites) or online (rowanmccandlesswrites.com).
Medium Bio
Rowan McCandless writes from Treaty 7 territory in Calgary. A 2022 finalist for the Governor Generals Literary Award in nonfiction, Rowan’s debut memoir, Persephone’s Children: A Life in Fragments also co-won the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book (2022). Her writing has appeared in various anthologies and journals. Long listed for the Journey Prize, winner of the Constance Rooke CNF prize, gold winner with the National Magazine Awards, Rowan is the Creative Nonfiction editor with The Fiddlehead magazine. She is also first vice chair of The Writers’ Union of Canada. Follow Rowan on Instagram (rowanmccandlesswrites) or online (rowanmccandlesswrites.com).
Short Bio
Rowan McCandless writes from Treaty 7 territory. Her debut memoir, Persephone’s Children: A Life in Fragments co-won the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book, and was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award in nonfiction (2022). Her award-winning writing has appeared in various anthologies and journals. Rowan is the CNF editor with The Fiddlehead. She is also first vice chair of The Writers’ Union of Canada. Follow Rowan on Instagram (rowanmccandlesswrites) or online (rowanmccandlesswrites.com).
