LYN DAVIS

Dates at Hedgebrook
January 1999 (Oak Cottage) 

Genres
Poetry, Fiction, Political/activism writing, Academic/critical writing, Creative Non-fiction, Journalism 

Publications and Productions 

• “Evaluating the Family Self-Sufficiency Program.” Burnside-Gorge Community Association (2005, 2004, 2003)
• “Driftwood,” in Skin Deep 2.  Alyson (2004)
• “Report on Responses Received to ‘Exploring New Roles for Advanced Nursing Practice’.” Canadian Nurses Association (2004)
• “Exploring New Roles in Advanced Practice Nursing.” Canadian Nurses Association (2004)
• “The Art of Arguing,” in The Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly, V4#1. Haworth (2003)
• “A Letter to Aunt Peg,” in Hot & Bothered 4. Arsenal Pulp (2003)
• “Community Care Inclusion Project.” Victoria Lesbian Seniors Care Society (2003)
• “A Legacy of Hands,” in Avoid Strange Men, V1#2. The Captain (2002)
• “Evaluation of the Children Matter Coalition’s CAP-C Programs.” Health Canada (2002)
• “Health promotion Strategies: Promising community Empowering Approaches,” in A Best Practices Guide for the Prevention of Falls Among Seniors. Health Canada (2001)
• “An Evaluation of the Impact of Research Program Investments Made by Forest Renewal BC.”  Forest Renewal BC (2001)
• “Homeless Parents and their Children.”  Burnside-Gorge Community Association (2001)
• “Life Beyond Welfare: Current Environment Report.”  San Francisco Department of Human Services (2000)
• “Framework for an Eligibility Worker Caseload Study.”  SolutionsWest (1999)
• “Efficiency Study of North Carolina State Psychiatric Hospitals.”  MGT of America (1998)
• “Management Review of Developmental Disabilities Quality Assurance Review and Contract Monitoring Processes – District XI Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.”  MGT of America (1996)
• ”Waltzing in Thin Air,” in Common Lives/Lesbian Lives, #54.  Common Lives/Lesbian Lives (1995)
• “New Jersey Family Preservation and Support Services Plan.”  MGT of America (1995)
• “The Care and Feeding of Birds: A Retrospective,” in Sinister Wisdom, #55.  Sinister Wisdom (1995)
• “Cutting Timber Not Sons,” in Poetry Motel, #22.  Poetry Motel (1995)
• “Love and Distance Two Years Later,” in Treasure House Stories and Verse, V1 #3.  Treasure House (1994)
• “Riding What Life Handed Her,” in The Cape Rock, V28 #2.  Southeast Missouri State University (1993)

Honors, Awards and Acknowledgements

• Finalist, Lambda Literary Award, Lambda Literary Foundation, 2003
• Wallpaper, Poetry Motel, 1994

Short Bio
Lyn Davis spent the first 50 years of her life in the USA sitting behind someone else’s desk writing legislation, program evaluations, and academic treatises during the day and poetry and fiction in the evening. Now she lives in Canada, where she is self-employed and writes fiction, poetry, and whatever else she pleases, whenever she pleases. In her spare time, she works for social justice, takes long walks along the shore, and occasionally teaches at the University of Victoria.

Contact Information
lyndavis@shaw.ca