Winona's Writing

Long Fiction:
Bad Boy - Novel - Published in September 2024 by Winona Kent and Blue Devil Books
Ticket to Ride - Novel - Published in March 2022 by Winona Kent and Blue Devil Books.
Salty Dog Blues - Novella - Published by Sisters in Crime - Canada West in their anthology Crime Wave. November 2020. Finalist in the Crime Writers of Canada's 2021 Awards of Excellence for Best Crime Novella.
Lost Time - Novel - Published in August 2020 by Winona Kent and Blue Devil Books.
Notes on a Missing G-String - Novel - Published in August 2019 by Winona Kent and Blue Devil Books.
Marianne's Memory - Novel - Published in March 2018 by Winona Kent.
Disturbing the Peace - Novella - Published in December 2017 by Winona Kent.
In Loving Memory  - Novel - July 26, 2016  Diversion Books (Honourable Mention, London Book Festival 2017). Republished in July 2020 by Winona Kent.
Persistence of Memory - Novel - Originally published in September 2013 by Fable Press. Republished by Diversion Books in July 2015 and in July 2020 by Winona Kent.
Cold Play - Novel - Originally published in May 2012. Republished by Diversion Books in July 2015 and in July 2020 by Winona Kent.
The Cilla Rose Affair - Novel - Originally published in 2001 and 2011. Republished by Diversion Books in July 2015 and in July 2020 by Winona Kent.
Skywatcher - Novel - Finalist in the Seal Books First Novel contest. Originally published in 1989 by Bantam Books in the U.S. and Seal Books in Canada. Republished in July 2015 by Diversion Books and in July 2020 by Winona Kent.


Short Fiction:
On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog - Published by Sisters in Crime - Canada West in their anthology Crime Wave 3: Dangerous Games, November 2024.
Ten Stories That Worried My Mother - Anthology of short stories - Published by Winona Kent and Blue Devil Books in August 2023.
Terminal Lucidity - Published by Sisters in Crime - Canada West in their anthology Crime Wave 2: Women of a Certain Age. October 2022.
Blue Devil Blues - Short story. Published in the crime anthology Last Shot, June 2021.
Easy When You Know How. Original short story published by Diversion Books with In Loving Memory. July 26, 2016. Republished in July 2020 by Winona Kent.
Perhaps an Angel. Originally published by Fable Press authors in the short story collection Fable's Carnival. Republished by Winona Kent September 2017.
Dietrich's Ash (Okanagan Short Fiction Award winner). Published in Canadian Author & Bookman. Anthologized in Pure Fiction (Fitzhenry & Whiteside). Broadcast on CBC Radio, Ambience.
Creatures from Greek Mythology. (Second Prize Winner, WQ Editors Prize). Published in Cross-Canada Writers Quarterly.
Tower of Power. (First Prize, Annual Fiction Competition) Published in Flare.
True Confessions. Published in Green's Magazine.

Film and TV Scripts:
Just Breathe (Pilot Episode, Potential TV Series)
(by Colleen Clandening, Nola Tompkins, Winona Kent & Cherie Dinwoodie)
One hour Drama / Comedy
Spec script.

Persistence of Memory (Feature)
(by Winona Kent)
A young woman who travels back in time to 1825 England must convince her great (x6) grandmother to marry the right man... or there will be dire consequences...

All Zen
Life Style : Fusion Cuisine : Entertainment Series
2 pilot episodes
(Writers: Winona Kent and Nola Tompkins)
Production Company: Zane David Entertainment Inc.
Producers: James Wong & Colleen Clandening
Broadcast on Novus Community Channel – NVTV 4 (Vancouver)

The Protection Team (TV Series)
Pilot Episode: Tidings of Comfort and Joy
(Writers: Colleen Clandening, Byron McKim, Nola Tompkins and Winona Kent)
Hour-long dramatic tv series
Spec script

Committee of the Unloved (Feature)
(by Winona Kent, Nola Tompkins and Jim Mandelin)
Optioned by Carrie Wheeler Films and Sistar Films, August 2008
Based on the true story of Vancouver educator and counsellor Jim Mandelin.

Ten Song Drive (Drama) (Feature)
(by Winona Kent and Nola Tompkins)
Optioned by Zane David Productions April 2009
A charming womanizer arrives in Lightning Creek, Saskatchewan to buy a plot of land. Aided by his old friend Oz, a tripped out rocker from the 1970s, Jeremy re-ignites his dream of producing a world-class music festival in the middle of the Canadian prairies. But his dream of financial and personal independence hits a snag when he involves himself with three women - each of whom uncovers the deceit inherent in Jeremy's personality. Facing complete ruin, Jeremy must find the courage to face his greatest fears, and come to terms with an intimacy that could change his life forever.
Featured at  Final Draught, December 2006 and February 2008.

Haunting Hamlet (Drama) (Feature)
A young woman who runs a website for an A-list actor takes on the impossible task of interviewing him when he appears in a musical production of Hamlet in London's West End. Her adventure takes a surprising turn when she discovers the identity of her biological father, changing her life in unexpected ways.
Featured at The Cold Reading Series, Vancouver, July 6, 2006 and August 2, 2007

Herd Maintenance (Comedy) (20 minute short)
A subversive temp finds work in a government office dedicated to providing grants to dairy farmers. And then the Bovine Liberation Front invades.
Featured at Final Draught, November 7, 2005.

Found at Sea / Life Boat (Drama) (Feature)
Optioned by Principia Productions, 2005
A drama set on a cruise ship in Alaska.

Tower of Power (30 min. teleplay)
One night in the life of a rock & roll radio newsman.
(Developed for CBC TV anthology series Lies from Lotus Land)

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