Trudy Morgan-Cole resides in St. John's Newfoundland, where she is currently pursuing a Master in Education (Educational Psychology) at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She has been an English and Social Studies teacher in Alberta, Ontario and Newfoundland, and also developed and taught Creative Writing courses. In 1990, Trudy completed the Book Editing Course offered by the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts.

More information can be found about Trudy on her web site:
http://www.trudyjmorgancole.com

In Progress:

The Lilo Ljubisic Story

A Gift to be Simple

By the Rivers of Brooklyn (working title)

Published Works:

The Violent Friendship of Esther Johnson
(Adult Fiction, Penguin Books Canada, 2006)

Esther: A Story of Courage, 2003

Connecting, 2002

The Best Friends Series for young adults,
(5 titles) 1992-1995

The Man From Lancer Avenue, 1992

Roomates, 1989

All My Love, Kate, 1986

[All books published by Review and Herald Publishing Association]

Articles and Other Publications:

Short stories in TickleAce and Antigonish Review

Numerous articles for GUIDE magazine, Women of Spirit,
Adventist Review, Insight and many others

Youth lessons and teachers' guide material for
Cornerstone Connections Quarterly and Collegiate Quarterly

Television scripts for Window of Hope on Vision TV

Training Manuals and other material for the General
Conference Youth Department

Writer for Breakwater Books' proposal for religious education
and social studies textbooks for the Newfoundland Public School System

Awards:

• Second place in Essay Category TickleAce Competition, Confederation 50-year Celebration for Why I Am Not a Canadian, 2000
  
  
• Atlantic Writing Competition, H.R. Percy Unpublished
  Novel Award for The Violent Friendship of Esther Johnson, 1999
  
  
• Third place in TickleAce Competition, Cabot 500
  celebrations, Historical Fiction Category for Unspeakable Gift, 1997
  
  
• Second place in Newfoundland Arts and Letters Competition,
  Non-fiction Category for Yugoslavia, 1997
  
  
• First place for Newfoundland Arts and Letters Competition,
  Short Fiction Category, for Prevely in a Secrete Place, 1994
  
  
• Second place for Review and Herald book writing competition
  for All My Love, Kate, 1986