Jamie Zeppa

Jamie Zeppa is the author of Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan,[1] which won the Banff Mountain Book Festival Award for Adventure Travel Writing, and a novel, Every Time We Say Goodbye.[2][3]

Childhood and education

Zeppa's parents divorced when she was young and she was raised by her grandparents in Sault Ste. Marie.[4]

Career

At age 23, Zeppa took a job teaching English in Bhutan. She lived in Bhutan for nine years, converted from Catholicism to Buddhism, and married a former student, actor Tshewang Dendup, with whom she had a son.[4][verification needed]

She now teaches literature at Seneca College in Toronto.[5]

Books


Year Title Publisher Awards
1999 Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan The Berkley Publishing Group,

Penguin Putnam, Inc.

Banff Mountain Book Festival Award for Adventure Travel Writing
2011 Every Time We Say Goodbye Knopf Canada A Globe and Mail Best Book of 2011 selection

References

  1. ^ "50 people to know in the Himalayas". 12 October 2017.
  2. ^ Landau, Emily (11 March 2011). "Book Review: Every Time We Say Goodbye, by Jamie Zeppa". National Post. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. ^ Kowalski, William (8 April 2011). "Every Time We Say Goodbye, by Jamie Zeppa". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b Marshall, Jeannie (28 June 1998). "A life less ordinary: Jamie Zeppa took a long but simplified route to happiness, through the mountains of Bhutan to a quiet, tree- lined street in Canada". National Post.
  5. ^ Clark, Pauline (26 October 2012). "Write on! Author tickled her work inspired travel". Sault Star.



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