BRISSENDEN, Constance 1947-(Connie Brissenden)

PERSONAL: Born January 13, 1947, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada; daughter of Barry S. and Margaret Brissenden; companion of Larry Loyie (a writer). Education: University of Guelph, B.A., 1969; University of Alberta, M.A., 1972. Religion: Buddhist (Soka Gakkai International). Hobbies and other interests: Teaching creative writing.

ADDRESSES: Home—Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Formac Publishing Co. Ltd., 5502 Atlantic St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1G4. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Freelance writer. Expo '86, managing editor; Coast Mountain Bus Co., staff member, 1989-99, acting manager of corporate communications, 1999-2001, also creator of Transit History Wall. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, teacher of corporate writing courses.

AWARDS, HONORS: Silver Pen Award and Gold Quill Award, International Association of Business Communicators, both 1986, both for work with Expo '86; Dalton Pen Communications Award, 2001, for Transit History Wall.

WRITINGS:

AS CONNIE BRISSENDEN

(Editor) Now in Paperback: Six Canadian Plays of the 1970s, Fineglow Plays (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1973.

(Editor) The Factory Lab Anthology (plays), Talon-books (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), 1974.

(Editor) West Coast Plays, New Play Centre (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), 1975.

(Editor) Carol Bolt ("Playwrights in Profile" series), Playwrights Co-op (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1976.

Info to Go: For Women on the Go, Young Women's Christian Association (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), 1989.

Triple-O: The White Spot Story, Opus, 1993.

Whistler and the Sea to Sky Country, Altitude Publishing (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), 1995.

A Portrait of Vancouver, Altitude Publishing (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), 1995, abridged edition, 1996.

(Author of text) Vancouver and the Lower Mainland from the Air, photographs by Russ Heinl, Whitecap Books (New York, NY), 1999.

Colorguide to Vancouver and Whistler, James Lorimer, 2000.

(Editor) Vancouver and Victoria, photographs by Hamid Attie, Formac Publishing (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), 2001.

Frommer's Portable Guide to Whistler, 2002.

(With Larry Loyie) As Long as the Rivers Flow (juvenile), Groundwood Books (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2002.

Contributor to books, including The Greater Vancouver Book, Linkman Press, 1997; and DK Eyewitness Travel Guide to the Pacific Northwest, 2003. Contributor of numerous articles to magazines and newspapers, including Toronto Globe & Mail, Maclean's, Toronto Calendar, Western Living, BC Business, Personal Finance, BC Woman, Georgia Strait, and Chinese-Canadian.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Two children's books; research on photographs of residential school life and on the life of Pauline Johnson.