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Peta Gaye Nash<\/h2>\n

Peta-Gaye Nash is a multi-genre writer of short fiction, poetry, and children\u2019s literature. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and living in Ontario, she draws inspiration from the Caribbean, her mixed-race heritage, and the immigrant experience. Her short story collection, Told Ya (Tamarind Tree Books, 2024), explores themes of class, adversity, and resilience. The collection won the 2025 Independent Press Award for Short Fiction and placed third in the 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. In 2022, she received the Mississauga Arts Award for Emerging Literary Art. Peta-Gaye is recognized for her vivid characters and insightful storytelling..<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″]

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[vc_row el_id=”getting-here”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1759039882112{margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] Author [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” curly_bg_repeat=”bg-no-repeat” curly_bg_position=”bg-pos-center-bottom” curly_bg_parallax=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1759039890310{padding-bottom: 120px !important;background-image: url(url(https:\/\/literaturefest.ca\/theatrewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/06\/lightinthetheater.jpeg-copy.jpg?id=93) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””] Peta Gaye Nash Peta-Gaye Nash is a multi-genre writer of short fiction, poetry, and children\u2019s literature. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and living in Ontario, she draws inspiration from the Caribbean, her mixed-race heritage, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-919","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/literaturefest.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/literaturefest.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/literaturefest.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literaturefest.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literaturefest.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/literaturefest.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1121,"href":"https:\/\/literaturefest.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/919\/revisions\/1121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/literaturefest.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}