Vanessa Farnsworth

Vanessa Farnsworth is a science journalist and fiction writer based in the British Columbia Interior. Her books include the memoir "Rain on a Distant Roof: A Personal Journey Through Lyme Disease in Canada" (Signature Editions, 2013), the short story collection "The Things She'll Be Leaving Behind" (Thistledown Press, 2018) and the historical novel "The Haweaters" (Signature Editions, 2020), which was shortlisted for the 2021 Fred Kerner Book Award. Her journalism has been published in many regional and national magazines and her short fiction has appeared in literary journals in Canada and the United States, including The Dalhousie Review, dANDelion, filling Station, The New Quarterly, PRECIPICe, Qwerty, and Reed Magazine. Her short story “Napoleon’s Eyes” was nominated for the Journey Prize.