Rhonda Waterfall
BIO
Biography

Rhonda Waterfall studied Sales and Marketing at The Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia and Creative Writing at The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University where she was mentored by Stephen Osborne. For many years she worked in Ad Agencies directing print production and managing creatives and the creative process. For a time she lived in Zimbabwe and worked for the Zimbabwe Book Development Council where she was involved in creating a Zimbabwean Book Skills Directory and event planning for the Zimbabwe International Book Fair. She has had fiction and non-fiction published in several literary journals along with the novel, Sombrio, published by Gordon Hill Press, The Strait of Anian, published by Now or Never Publishing and a short story collection, The Only Thing I Have, published by Arsenal Pulp Press. She was born in Ocean Falls on the west coast of Canada, raised on Vancouver Island and currently lives in Toronto.

ADDRESS
City: , Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
GENRE
Literary Fiction
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
The Only Thing I Have
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Year
2010
Title
The Strait of Anian
Publisher
Now or Never Press
Year
2022
Title
Sombrio
Publisher
Gordon Hill Press
Year
2022
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Love Letter to a Starfish
Publication
2nd place in GEIST’s Literary Postcard Competition
Year
2004
Name
Judith
Publication
GRAIN MAGAZINE’S Short Grain competition in the postcard story category
Year
2006
Name
Sombrio (manuscript)
Publication
Shortlisted for Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction
Year
2020
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Programs & Interests
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