Persistence of Memory

Winona was born in London, England. She came to Canada with her parents and grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan. She's a graduate of Central Collegiate and the University of Regina, where she received her BA in English. After living in Winnipeg and Moose Jaw, she eventually found her way to Vancouver, where she graduated from the University of British Columbia with an MFA in Creative Writing.

Winona has been a freelance writer for assorted newspapers and magazines, a temporary secretary in London, a travel agent and the Managing Editor of a literary magazine (Prism international).

She spent a few years working for TELUS in Burnaby, BC, as an in-house travel consultant, a word processing clerk, a contract management clerk and a tech writer, creating and editing student materials for TELUS Learning Services.

In 2003 Winona graduated from Vancouver Film School's full time program in Writing for Screen and TV.

After a career that's included freelance articles, long and short fiction, screenplays and tv scripts, Winona has now returned to her first love, novels.

Writing is her passion. 

A dual citizen (England and Canada), she currently lives in Vancouver and works as a Graduate Programs Assistant at the University of British Columbia.