Her book is championed by TV host and designer Debbie Travis.

2010 - One of the five finalists in CBC's Canada Reads.

2012 - Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Association 'Bookseller's Choice of the Year' award for The Virgin Cure.

2012 - Established Artist Recognition Award-Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council / Province of Nova Scotia.

Her first script for the stage, Jerome: The Historical Spectacle was commissioned by Two Planks and a Passion Theatre Company and was staged at The Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, directed by Ken Schwartz in August 2008. Her second novel, The Virgin Cure, was published in 2012. The Birth House was McKay's first published effort and reached the Number One spot on Canadian best sellers lists.

She was a finalist in the Writers' Union of Canada's Short Prose Competition as well as the recipient of a grant from the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage.

Her documentary, Daughter of Family G won an Excellence in Journalism Medallion at the 2003 Atlantic Journalism Awards. Her work has aired on Maritime Magazine, Outfront, This Morning and The Sunday Edition. She began her writing career as a freelancer for CBC Radio. McKay was born in Lebanon, Indiana, but now lives with her husband and two sons on the Bay of Fundy. JSTOR ( August 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īmi McKay (born 1968) is an American Canadian novelist, playwright and journalist.Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification.

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