Debra Dusome

Debra Dusome is the Past President of the Lake Winnipeg Writers’ Group and has been with the group since 2002. She lives outside of Petersfield, Manitoba on a piece of property affectionately called “The Twenty Acre Wood”, with her partner Brenda, Brenda’s parents and four dogs.

Debra likes to write from real life, addresses social justice issues in her writing enjoys reading and writing poetry and likes to make people laugh. Debra is an Assistant Professor at Brandon University and teaches in the Psychiatric Nursing program at the Winnipeg Campus. She is also an Expressive Arts Therapist with a small private practice.

Debra was our May 2013 and February 2015 Featured Writer.

View Debra’s stories and poems:

	Baby Ghosts: The Ones Who Are Not Talked About
	Hannah’s Refuge
	Movie Remake
	Watch Out For Betsy #1: Ice Hill

Teresa-Lee Cooke

Teresa-Lee Cooke (Terry) has enjoyed reading and writing for many years now. She has been involved in musical theater, singing, and as a volunteer performer at Folklorama. Her love of music and theater has drawn her to the “spoken word” type of poetry and many of her works lend themselves to performance.

Up until a year ago, she was employed in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba for nearly fifteen years. She lives in Winnipeg with her partner, Wes, and two kitty companions. She is working towards completing her first book of poetry.

Teresa-Lee wishes to thank the Lake Winnipeg Writers Group for enabling her to share her work. She was our Featured Writer for August 2013.

View Arthur’s stories and poems:

	Haiku
	Layers
	Of Opium and Absinthe
	Reboot
	Your hand in mine

Conni Cartlidge

Conni has been enjoying books all her life. When she was little, her mom took her to the library weekly and her dad read to her every night.

Now a college instructor and parent of three grown children, she writes stories about the places she likes and the people she loves.

She sometimes shares her thoughts on her blog. Connie was our September 2012 Featured Writer.

View Conni’s stories and poems:

	Decluttering
	Version 1/Version 2