4 Gwendolyn Southin
It is fitting that Gwen Southin will appear at the Festival 28 years
after she and several other visionary Sunshine Coast writers were
instrumental in its founding.
Southin was born in England and immigrated to Montreal in 1952 where
she lived and worked until moving to the Sunshine Coast in 1982. She and
her husband operated a resort and marina in Pender Harbour before retiring
to Sechelt where Gwen began her career as a writer.
These days Gwen Southin is celebrating the release of Death as a
Last Resort (TouchWood Editions), the fourth book in her popular Margaret
Spencer Mystery series set in the late 50s and early 60s. Local fans
of the gutsy middle-aged, middle class private detective will enjoy the
references to well known BC locales, such as Hollyburn Mountain, Lulu
Island, Ladner, East Hastings Street and Pender Harbour. All fans will be
happy to hear that Gwen is already working up new cases for the intrepid
Maggie and her partner Nat to solve.
Gwen Southin will be interviewed by fellow Festival participant Louise
Penny, former CBC broadcast journalist and creator of the Three Pines
Mystery series.
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