Berni Stapleton
Canadian writer residing in Newfoundland
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Berni Stapleton is a Canadian writer residing in Newfoundland. Along with writing, Stapleton is also a performer and playwright.[1] Her debut book, They Let Down Baskets, won the 1999 Newfoundland Book Award for Best Non-Fiction.[2]
Life
Stapleton was born in North West River and raised in Marystown.[1] She was a playwright-in-residence with the Playwright's Workshop Montreal, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, PARC, as well as other national companies.[3] She was also the Artistic Director of the Grand Bank Regional Theatre for eleven years.[4] She has a production company called In Conjunction.[5] In 2019, Stapleton was named Memorial University's writer-in-residence.[1][6] She has also received a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to write Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands.[5]
Her roles as an actress have included the films Violet, The Bingo Robbers and Behind the Red Door.