A rising star of the CanLit scene!
Portrait by Susie Kockerscheidt/Torstar
About
Jessica Van de Kemp is an award-winning author, educator, and researcher at the University of Waterloo.
Specialties:
FEMINIST POETRY
Coaching & MENTORING
PERFORMANCE ART (SPOKEN WORD)
WRITING FOR STAGE AND SCREEN
Books
Jessica Van de Kemp’s poetry chapbooks have been praised for their lyricism.
DAUGHTERS IN THE DEAD LAND
5-star book on Goodreads
Book description: A modern retelling of Greek mythology, the poems in Daughters in the Dead Land take on the story of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of the titan Atlas.
Plays
Jessica Van de Kemp is an emerging playwright known for short scripts that allude to literary gems.
SPIRIT LIGHT
5-star book on Goodreads
Book description: The poems in Spirit Light use delicate couplets to create a coming-of-age story.
Publications
Jessica Van de Kemp’s creative writing has been published in dozens of literary journals across Canada, the US, and other countries.