Ceilidh Michelle

Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

New York, NY
New York US
Email: 
ceilidhmichelle@gmail.com
Website: 
ceilidhmichelle.com

Author's Bio

Ceilidh Michelle is the author of Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams (Palimpsest Press 2019), shortlisted for the Hugh MacLennan Award for Fiction, and Vagabond: Venice Beach, Slab City and Points In Between (Douglas & McIntyre 2020). She has contributed to Maclean’s Magazine, 49th Shelf, Saltwire, Room, Long Reads, Yolk, Broken Pencil, among others. 

She lives in New York and is represented by CAA.

Writers Retreats: 
Cuttyhunk Island Writers’ Residency
DISQUIET International Literary Program
Literary agent: 
Julie Flanagan, Creative Artists Agency (formerly ICM Partners)

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:
Vagabond: Venice Beach, Slab City and Points In Between (Douglas and McIntyre, 2020)

Fiction

Book:
Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams (Palimpsest Press, 2019)
Prizes won: 

Shortlisted for the Malahat Review's Novella Prize, the Ampersand creative nonfiction award, the Hugh MacLennan Award for Fiction, The Fish Memoir prize, the Herstory Essay prize, and Long Reads.

Author of the novel Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams (Palimpsest Press, 2019), and Vagabond: Venice Beach, Slab City and Points In Between (Douglas & McIntyre, 2020)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Denis Johnson, Toni Morrison, Flannery O'Connor, Joan Didion, Elizabeth Strout...among many others.
What I'm reading now: 
Already Dead by Denis Johnson

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Canadian
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
NS
Canada
Nova Scotia
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Last update: Jun 23, 2025