Hope Morritt was born in Edmonton, worked as a news reporter for the Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Bulletin, Sarnia Observer, and London Free Press. She also did announcing and programming for radio station CFWH Whitehorse, Yukon and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff School of Fine Arts. She received her B.A. in 1979 from the University of Western Ontario and did postgraduate work in Irish Literature at the University of Dublin, Eire where she regularly read her work. In the 1990s Morritt hosted a TV program introducing Canadian authors. She is a member of The Writers' Union of Canada and the Detroit Women Writers. She is working on a family history and compiling her prize-winning short stories for publication.
