Marjorie Simmins

Marjorie Simmins began her thirty-year career as a freelance journalist in Vancouver, with regular work published in the Vancouver Sun and in trade magazines. She has since published numerous essays and articles in magazines, newspapers, and anthologies, and won gold medals at both the National Magazine Awards and the Atlantic Journalism Awards. Simmins is the author of Coastal Lives , Year of the Horse , and Memoir: Conversations and Craft . She is also a lifelong equestrian, starting with a...See more

Marjorie Simmins began her thirty-year career as a freelance journalist in Vancouver, with regular work published in the Vancouver Sun and in trade magazines. She has since published numerous essays and articles in magazines, newspapers, and anthologies, and won gold medals at both the National Magazine Awards and the Atlantic Journalism Awards. Simmins is the author of Coastal Lives , Year of the Horse , and Memoir: Conversations and Craft . She is also a lifelong equestrian, starting with a focus on English riding, and latterly, focusing on Western disciplines. See less