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Shelley Thompson
Writer, director, and activist Shelley Thompson is based in Wolfville, Mi'kma'ki. Thompson's first directorial feature (Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor, 2021) screened internationally and won the 2022 Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award. A multiple ACTRA award-winner, Thompson continues to work on stage and screen while building her writing, directing, and producing credits. Her first documentary series, Translations, aired in 2025. She is the creator of THE DAWN FUND, which supports trans futures in Atlantic Canada. Winter Sky is Thompson's second book. Her debut novel, Roar, was nominated for the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award and the Forest of Reading Evergreen Award.
