Bio

Jessica Westhead is a Toronto writer and freelance editor. Her fiction has appeared in major literary magazines including Matrix, Geist, The New Quarterly, and Indiana Review. She also stapled together poetry winner, a zine exposé of the nefarious National Library of Poetry (AKA www.poetry.com). Her chapbook Those Girls was published by Greenboathouse Books in 2006. Her novel Pulpy & Midge, published by Coach House Books in 2007, was nominated for a ReLit Award. She was shortlisted for the 2009 CBC Literary Awards, and one of her stories was selected for The Journey Prize Stories 23. Her short story collection And Also Sharks, published by Cormorant Books in 2011, was a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book and was nominated for a CBC Bookie Award. In 2012, CBC Books named Jessica Westhead one of the “10 Canadian women writers you need to read now.”

Viewable Short Fiction

“What I Would Say” in THIS Magazine
“Todd & Belinda Rivers of 780 Strathcona” on Joyland.ca
“Our Many-Splendoured Humanity” and “Steak and Eggs” in Taddle Creek

Viewable Non-Fiction

“Book Clubbing” guest post for Tin House’s blog
Guest post about Octopus Books for The 49th Shelf
Open Book Toronto Writer-In-Residence posts
“Notebook Love” guest post for Rebecca Rosenblum’s blog
“Illicit Giller Glee” photo essay for The Literary Type