Brissett, Linda M.
Biography
Linda M. Brissett was born in Kingston, Jamaica where she trained as a registered nurse. She then trained as a certified midwife in Lanarkshire, Scotland, before settling in Hamilton. For 28 years, she has worked with premature babies and sick newborns at Henderson General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario. She is married with a grown son, and sings in a church choir and a Caribbean gospel choir. She is a member of the local branches of the Canadian Authors Association and the Canadian Poetry Association and is a member of the Board of Directors of The Afro-Canadian Caribbean Association of Hamilton and District. Her books are available from Briss Books Inc., Hamilton Ontario.
Other Information
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Published Work
2008. The Positive Road to Aging. Hamilton: Briss Books. (Nonfiction)
2005. Seasons. Hamilton: Briss Books. (Poetry)
2001. Seasons. Hamilton: Briss Books. (Poetry)
2001. Canadianizing Jamaican Patois: A Book of Patois Poems. Hamilton: Briss Books. (Poetry)
1999. Naked Frailties: Short Stories, Poetry and Articles. Hamilton: Briss Books. (Poetry)
1996. Carols of Christmases Past. Hamilton: Briss Books. (Poetry)
1995. Give Us This Day. Hamilton: Briss Books. (Poetry)
1993. Sunshine in the Shadows. New York: Vantage Press. (Poetry)
1992. In Fields of Dream and Other Poems. New York: Carlton Press. (Poetry)
