About Marni JacksonMarni Jackson is one of Canada's most respected non-fiction writers. In addition to having been a weekly columnist for the Book Section of the Globe & Mail, and co-host of the TVO book show Imprint, she has written about hidden or off-the-map cultures - everything from the world of big game fishermen to the myths surrounding family life and motherhood. She has worked in the film and theatre community, collaborating on the stage show "Half Human, Half Heartache" with The Clichettes in a production that toured across Canada. Her feature writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, Travel & Leisure, and every major Canadian magazine.
She has won numerous National Magazine Awards for columns, humor and travel, and her Canadian bestseller "The Mother Zone" has been re-issued in Spring 2002 by Vintage Books. Her most recent book, "Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign" turns the science and culture of why we hurt into an insightful personal narrative. Marni lives in Toronto with her husband, Brian Johnson, film critic for Maclean's magazine and the author of a novel, "Volcano Days." They have one son, Casey.
Publishing
Nonfiction
• Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign, Random House, April, 2002 (US: Crown)
• The Mother Zone, Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1992 (US: Henry Holt) Re-issued by Vintage, Canada, spring 2002.
Anthologies
• Dropped Threads, edited by M. Anderson and Carol Shields, 2000
• 75 Readings Plus, edited by Buscemi, Smith & Wiznura, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2002
• Contemporary Literary Criticism, v. 153, The Gale Group, 2002
• Local Colour, edited by Carole Martin, Douglas & MacIntyre, 1994
• The Thinking Heart, Best Canadian Essays, edited by George Galt, Quarry Press, 1992
• Taking Risks: Literary Journalism From The Edge, edited by Barbara Moon and Don Obe, Banff Centre Press, 1998
Theatre & Music
• Author, with The Clichettes, of "She-Devils of Niagara" produced 1985 at The Factory Theatre in Toronto
• Author, with The Clichettes, of "Half Human, Half Heartache," toured nationally in Canada, 1982
• Brief onscreen roles in productions by Videocabaret and John Greyson
• Song Lyrics for "The Sticky Bun Band", a children's album (Wendall Productions, 1982)
Teaching & Lectures
• Carole Corbeil Lecture, Glendon College, 2001
• Instructor, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Magazine Writing, 1998-2000
• Instructor, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Creative Writing Workshop, Continuing Education Department, 1998-present
• Lecture entitled "Mothers and Sons," York University Centre for Feminist Research, 1998
• Lecture entitled "Artists In and Out of Love," McMichael Gallery, 1987
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