Jennifer Jane Whiteford

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Accounting
Location Canada
Introduction I am a thirty-something fiction writer living in Ottawa, Ontario. After a decade of writing zines and short stories, my first novel was published in April 2006 by Gorsky Press. I am currently at work on my second novel and on a collection of short stories about teenage and pre-teen girls.
Interests indie rock, feminism, sewing, record collecting, my dogs, vegetarian food, books
Favorite Movies Trust, The Tao of Steve, Girls' Town, After Life, Almost Famous, The Decline of Western Civilization, Sideways, Shaun of the Dead, Lost in Translation, Say Anything, Ladies and Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains, Josie and the Pussycats
Favorite Music The Ramones, Pavement, Bikini Kill, Sleater Kinney, Joni Mitchell, The Clash, The Go-Gos, The Unlovables, Carol King, Against Me!, Cat Power, Jonathan Richman, Holly Golightly, Andrew Vincent and the Pirates, Gordon Lightfoot, The Banditas, The Replacements
Favorite Books The Abortion by Richard Brautigan, In the Name of Salome by Julia Alvarez, Mama Makes Up Her Mind by Bailey White, Dangerous Angels by Francesca Lia Block, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews, Cinderella's Big Score by Maria Raha, The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman, 100 Demons by Lynda Barry