Lorrie Potvin’s novel, A Trail's Tears, is nominated for the Best Unpublished Crime Novel Manuscript written by an unpublished author sponsored by ECW Press. 

Tradeswoman, artist, and teacher Lorrie Potvin, a queerishly Two-Spirited Citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario, is the author of Horses in the Sand – A Memoir (2022). Her first book, First Gear – A Motorcycle Memoir (2015), the essays - My tattoos speak of life and loss and Why I’m thankful for multiple sclerosis (Globe & Mail) were published under her previous surname, Jorgensen, as was the short story, The 13th Dock, Writing At Wintergreen, an anthology edited by Helen Humphreys.  

 Working and teaching in the trades for over 30 years, Potvin holds an Inter-Provincial Red Seal in Auto Body Repair and Refinishing from Algonquin College and a diploma in Technological Education from the Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, with additional qualifications in Manufacturing and Special Education.  In 2022, she was named an Alumni Award of Distinction recipient from Algonquin College for Apprenticeship and was a nominee for the Ontario Premier’s Award in the same category.

 Winner of the Sisters in Crime 2024 PRIDE Award for emerging 2SLGBTQIA+ writers, Lorrie lives near Perth with her partner Paula and Tig, the Cairn Terrier, writing and creating art from scrap metal.

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