Writer-in-Residence: Rosemary Nixon

Rosemary Nixon is a short story writer, novelist, editor and creative writing teacher. She has served as the Writer in Residence at the University of Windsor in 2011. Recently she returned as Writer in Residence in January and February of 2022. Nixon’s first collection of short stories, Mostly Country, was shortlisted for the Howard O’Hagan Award; she won it with her second collection, The Cock’s Egg. Her novel Kalila was shortlisted for the George Bugnet Award for Fiction.Her most recent work of fiction, Are You Ready to be Lucky? was nominated for two international awards: the Frank O’Connor International Short Fiction Collection Award and the Forewords Indie Fab Award.During her latest residency, Nixon was available to the campus and Windsor communities for one-on-one creative writing consultations. https://freehand-books.com/product/are-you-ready-to-be-lucky/#tab-description