Marni Jackson

A Toronto writer who has won numerous National Magazine Awards for her features, humour and social commentary, Marni Jackson is the author of three nonfiction books: “The Mother Zone”; “Pain: The Science and Culture of Why We Hurt” and “Home Free: The Myth of the Empty Nest”. The bestselling “Mother Zone” was nominated for the Stephen Leacock Award, and her book on the nature of pain was a finalist for The Writers’ Trust Pearson Nonfiction Prize.

Marni’s stories have appeared in The Walrus, Brick, Eighteen Bridges, Toronto Life, Explore, Saturday Night, Outside, Rolling Stone, The London Times, Utne Reader, and others. Formerly the book/publishing columnist for Globe & Mail and a senior editor at The Walrus. Longtime association with the Banff Centre, where she served as Rogers Chair of the Literary Journalism program, and is on the faculty of the Mountain and Wilderness Writing Program. Creative writing instructor at Ryerson, Banff and U. of Guelph/Humber College. She is a member of the Al Purdy A Frame Association, which is restoring the poet’s Prince Edward County A Frame as a writer’s retreat.