ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Portrait of Peggy Herring.

I’m the author of the novels Anna, Like Thunder and This Innocent Corner. My short stories and essays are published in magazines and literary journals including The Antigonish Review, The New Quarterly, This Magazine, and Prism international.

I’ve worked as an editor for the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and the International Institute of Child Rights and Development, as a communications consultant for the United Nations, Save the Children, and CARE Canada, and as a producer and journalist for CBC Radio.

I’ve lived in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, England, Japan, and, in Canada, in Ottawa, St. John’s, and Vancouver. I now live in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

My writing has been supported through grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the BC Arts Council, and through residencies with Hypatia-in-the-Woods in Shelton, Washington, and JOYA AiR in Vélez Blanco, Spain. In 2025, I’ll be an artist in residence at Bundanon in Illaroo, NSW, Australia.

Here’s a list of my published work.

Here’s a list of my awards.

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