Member Profile

Joy Thierry Llewellyn is an avid long-distance hiker who loves living out of a backpack. She was a story editor and screenwriter for film and TV, and taught screenwriting in Canada, India, and China. She's been a journalist, wildlife biology technician, governess in Australia, lived in a monastery in Nepal researching the resident Rinpoche, stayed in a remote Indian hospital while researching its founder, and has been on numerous juries for screenwriting and filmmaking. Her memoir short story about growing up in isolated fishing camps was short listed for the Commonwealth Prize. She now lives on a small BC island where she writes Young Adult novels about adventurous female rebels.