Trudy J. Morgan-Cole lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She published several works of young-adult fiction before writing The Violent Friendship of Esther Johnson, which won the H.R. (Bill) Percy Prize for Unpublished Novel in Atlantic Writing Competition in 2000. After working as a high-school teacher for many years, Trudy now teaches English and creative writing to adult learners. She is married to Jason Cole and has two children, Christopher and Emma.
