Jenni Blackmore

Originally from Manchester, England, Jenni Blackmore now considers Halifax her home and is greatly influenced by the coastal environment. As an illustrator and writer, she combines both talents in her books for children. Jenni has been mentioned in "Our Choice Book List" and "Outstanding Canadian Children's Books" by the Children's Book Centre, Toronto. Jenni presently serves on the Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership Council.

Jenni is seen here in front of one of her paintings (Nehellenia in the Evening) from her Mermaids with Legs series.

Selected List of Publications

Counting Crows. Roseway Publishing Co. Ltd., 1997. ISBN 1-896496-04-0.

"One crow sorrow, two crows joy. . . . While the crows may loom dark and ominous on the page, the partnerships of crows are more prevalent than the loners -- Blackmore's humour invites many a chuckle, a smile and even an outright laugh."
     - from "Flight into Fiction." Atlantic Books Today, Spring 1998.

The Fisherman and His Wife. Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson. ISBN 0-075485-14-1.

The Weirdest Class. Paul Zann, illustrated by Jenni Blackmore. Bedford, Pegasus Publishing, 1988. ISBN 0-969255-21-7.

Gully Goes to Halifax. Bedford, Pegasus Publishing, 1986.

Selected List of Productions

For Humanity's Sake. Play performed across Canada in celebration of the Canadian Red Cross centennial year, 1996.

Visit Jenni's own website on Chebucto Community Net.

You can send mail to Jenni Blackmore
c/o Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia