Bio Section

2009 - Jean DohaneyThe Flannigans

Critically acclaimed novelist M. T. (Jean) Dohaney was born in Newfoundland and currently lives in Fredericton, NB. After a career of teaching at the University of New Brunswick, she now devotes her time to writing. In addition to her five novels, which include the bestselling The Corrigan Women, she has published a work of non-fiction as well as numerous short stories and articles.In 1996 she won the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize for A Marriage of Masks. In 2000, her filmscript Come Back, Paddy Reilly won the Atlantic Film Festival/CBC Writer's Project.