Anne M. Smith-Nochasak
Like her characters, Anne M. Smith-Nochasak grew up in a rural community that might be judgmental, but also watches over its own. And her great-grandmother really did cut her teeth on Spanish doubloons. Much of the idea for A Canoer of Shorelines came to her when she lived summers in a cabin that was accessed by canoe.
Smith-Nochasak is of diverse ancestry, with preachers, priests, and privateers in her background. She’s been a waitress, an oven insulator, a tire verifier, an aide in a nursing home, and many things besides before turning to teaching in her late twenties. She’s mainly worked in northern and isolated settings with Indigenous communities, where she found her greatest joy in this profession.
The ideas for her first novel, A Canoer of Shorelines, grew from her rural upbringing and from her summers in her lakeshore retreat. Her new novel, The Ice Widow, is set in Northern Canada and rural Nova Scotia, and elements of the plot emerged from her reflections on her own teaching years. She is not, however, Anna.
Smith-Nochasak lives in a rural wooded area in western Nova Scotia, and likes to hike, kayak, and spend quality time with her two golden companions, Shay and Marlowe.
For reflections, anecdotes, and opinion pieces, please check out my blog page.
Smith-Nochasak is of diverse ancestry, with preachers, priests, and privateers in her background. She’s been a waitress, an oven insulator, a tire verifier, an aide in a nursing home, and many things besides before turning to teaching in her late twenties. She’s mainly worked in northern and isolated settings with Indigenous communities, where she found her greatest joy in this profession.
The ideas for her first novel, A Canoer of Shorelines, grew from her rural upbringing and from her summers in her lakeshore retreat. Her new novel, The Ice Widow, is set in Northern Canada and rural Nova Scotia, and elements of the plot emerged from her reflections on her own teaching years. She is not, however, Anna.
Smith-Nochasak lives in a rural wooded area in western Nova Scotia, and likes to hike, kayak, and spend quality time with her two golden companions, Shay and Marlowe.
For reflections, anecdotes, and opinion pieces, please check out my blog page.
