📸 – Bonnie Joyce
Tradeswoman, artist, and teacher Lorrie Potvin, a queerishly Two-Spirited Citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario, is the author of Horses in the Sand – A Memoir (2022) and First Gear – A Motorcycle Memoir (2015).
Working and teaching in the trades for over 30 years, Potvin holds an Inter-Provincial Red Seal in Auto Body Repair and Refinishing from Algonquin College and a diploma in Technological Education from the Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, with additional qualifications in Manufacturing and Special Education. In 2022, she was named an Alumni Award of Distinction recipient from Algonquin College for Apprenticeship and was a nominee for the Ontario Premier’s Award in the same category.
Winner of the Sisters in Crime 2024 PRIDE Award for emerging 2SLGBTQIA+ writers and finalist for the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for best unpublished novel, Lorrie lives near Perth with her partner Paula and Tig, the Cairn Terrier, where she writes and creates art from scrap metal.
Lorrie is represented by Carolyn Forde.
Welcome, Lorrie!