Glenna Turnbull

Glenna Turnbull's short fiction has appeared in several of Canada's finest literary journals, including The New Quarterly, Prism International, and Riddle Fence. She was awarded the 2023 Jacob Zilber Fiction Prize, was a honourable mention for the Peter Hinchcliffe Award, and is featured in The Best Canadian Short Stories 2025 anthology. She is a UBC Okanagan graduate, having put herself through school as a self-employed single parent. She works as a freelance writer, photographer, and stained-glass artist living in Kelowna, British Columbia with her two dogs, close to her grown sons. She is a domestic abuse survivor and has first-hand experience living with mental health issues. This is Glenna's debut novel.