Marnie Woodrow

Template:Short description Template:Infobox writer Marnie Woodrow (born 1969) is a Canadian comedian and writer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and editor. She has also worked as an editor, magazine writer and as a researcher for TV and radio.

Woodrow has published two short fiction collections, Why We Close Our Eyes When We Kiss in 1991<ref name=mystery>"Mystery, love and aggravation: Marnie Woodrow's first novel has all of these, and more. Just don't call it a lesbian story". Ottawa Citizen, May 8, 2002.</ref> and In the Spice House in 1996,<ref>"Writer cooks up fanciful, metaphorical stew". Toronto Star, July 20, 1996.</ref> before publishing her debut novel Spelling Mississippi in 2002.<ref>"A Canadian in New Orleans: The hype around: Marnie Woodrow's debut novel is justified". Vancouver Sun, March 23, 2002.</ref> Spelling Mississippi was shortlisted for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award in 2003.<ref>"Homesick author wins first novel award". Toronto Star, October 9, 2003.</ref>

Woodrow was mentored in her early writing career by the late Timothy Findley.<ref>"Accolades, tears for Findley". The Globe and Mail, October 24, 2001.</ref> She has also been a columnist for Xtra!, Toronto's gay and lesbian biweekly newspaper.<ref name=mystery/> Her occasional journalism, essays, stories and poetry have appeared in numerous publications including The Globe and Mail, National Post, CV2, Write, NOW, eye weekly and This Magazine.

A former resident of Toronto, she now resides in Barrie, where she writes and performs her thrice-weekly YouTube comedy show, Happyesque with Merna Wolf. A former writing instructor at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, she continues to mentor aspiring writers of all ages.

Her second novel, Heyday, was published in 2015 by Tightrope Books and won the Hamilton Arts Council Fiction prize as well as a Golden Crown Literary Award; it was also short-listed for the Toronto Book Award.<ref>"Heyday, by Marnie Woodrow". Quill & Quire, December 2015.</ref>