Jen Powley

Jen Powley was born in Alberta, moved to Halifax for university and stayed. An author by circumstance, she wrote Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis, which won the 2018 Margaret and John Savage First Time Author Nonfiction Book Award. Powley has completed a BA and an after degree in journalism, as well as an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction at the University of King’s College.

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  • Making a Home

    Assisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People

    By Jen Powley     May 2023

    This book documents Powley’s fight for young disabled people to live in the community rather than being institutionalized in nursing homes.

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    A Roseway Book

  • Just Jen

    Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis

    By Jen Powley     April 2017

    “Jen Powley’s intimate and provocative writing will wake you up. Jen brings insight, compassion, and humour to these memorable stories of living ‘waist high’ among family, friends, and lovers. Trust this writer: she’s the real thing.”

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    A Roseway Book

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