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Born and raised in the woods of Northern Ontario in a little town called Capreol - an old word that roughly translated means "The place where the railroad tracks cross and nothing else happens". I grew up full of stories, heard from my grandfather and told by the railroad men and fabricated out of whole cloth from the weavings of my snowbound mind. First practical use for storytelling - to escape the bullying of larger tougher kids I wrote plays and cast them in the various roles thus guaranteeing them an easy mark with minimum effort. Survival of the crafty, Darwin probably never dreamed about this.
I moved to Nova Scotia when I was seventeen. Came to visit my mother, Madge Chatelois - the storytelling lady of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Came and stayed, because I fell in love with the Atlantic Ocean. I have been writing and collecting ghost stories and practising my fiction ever since.
I've also traveled right across Canada and have worked as a factory hand, house painter, field worker, tree planter, roustabout, woodworker, artist's model, fiddlehead picker, blueberry raker, woodchopper, warehouse strawboss, snow shoveller, garden digger, environmental criminal and anything else that paid a buck. I currently make my living as a professional tarot and palm reader. Come visit me in Halifax, Nova Scotia at Little Mysteries on Barrington Street where I'll read your palm or tell you what is in the cards.
The smartest choice I ever made was marrying Belinda Ferguson, Halifax's best bellydance instructor and the toughest woman on the planet, (she's able to put up with me). She's my light and inspiration and my very best friend. I live in happiness with Connor, my stepson and co-star and occasional guest appearances by Sarah Skye Vernon, my daughter and best creation, and Kismet, (Kizzy for short), a black cat who thinks she's a dog. Add to that my family of blue jays, Belinda's clan of crows, and a backyard that has been classified as utterly untameable and you may bear witness to a perfectly Feng Shui'd masterpiece of magnificent chaos.
Sewn through the pages of this website you'll find snippets and excerpts from a few of my stories. If you like what you read, check out my Library section and order a few of my books.
Yours in storytelling,
Steve Vernon
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