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Books by Penny Gummerson:
Wawatay
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Penny Gummerson
Métis writer Penny Gummerson
was born and raised in Flin Flon, Manitoba. She worked as a newspaper
journalist, magazine writer, documentary filmmaker and advertising copywriter
before becoming a playwright and screenwriter. She currently resides
in Vancouver where she writes for stage and film. Wawatay received
the 2002 Vancouver Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Outstanding Original
Play, the People’s Choice Favourite New Play Award at the Vancouver
New Play Festival and was a Stage-Play Finalist at the International
Moondance Film Festival in Denver, Colorado. Other plays include:
Crossing Boundaries and Is There Bingo in Heaven?. Penny
has been Head Writer and Story Editor on the dramatic television series,
“Moccasin Flats” (Big Soul Productions/Showcase Television/Aboriginal
People’s Television Network). She is currently writing a Movie of
the Week for CTV (Alberta Film Works, Code Red Entertainment) as well
as the film adaptation of Wawatay.
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