Deborah Kimmett is a gifted and hilarious writer. She was a 25-year veteran of the famous Second City having written, performed and directed many shows for this Toronto Theatre. In l994, while playwright-in- residence at Tarragon Theatre, she was nominated for the Governor General Award for best drama, for her play Miracle Mother.
As well as being an established playwright with eight plays to her name, she wrote for TV’s Go Girl on W Network and performed her solo shows for CBC Radio’s Sunday Showcase. And Laugh Out Loud
She writes regularly for Canadian Living. You’re Entitled to My Opinion can be read monthly in Kingston Life. Her book Reality Is Over Rated is available and she has a new- e-novel Almost True.
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Influences/Inspirations:
novels by Carol Shields, and Margaret Lawrence, small towns, hosptials, farming, my parents, Ireland. The Catholic Church (for better and worse)
Favorite Writers and Artists:
Annie Lamot, Lee Smith, Sue Monk Kidd, Janis Joplin, Dixie Chicks, Henri Nowen,
Current Projects:
Developing a movie project called Guarded. Deals with a female prison guard on her last day of her career.
Interests:
life and all the characters that inhabit this fascinating planet.
Family:
A large bumbling family with deep Catholic Irish roots.
University Affiliations:
Queen's University Kingston Ontario.
Contact Information:
www.kimmett.ca
Charities/Causes:
hospice, and hosptials.