Natalie Meisner is a writer from Lockeport, Nova Scotia.  Her plays have been produced across the country, won numerous awards, been collected in book form and appear in numerous Canadian Anthologies. Natalie has published several books and she has recently been named Calgary’s fifth Poet Laureate.

Meisner holds a Doctorate in English (University of Calgary), a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (University of British Columbia) and Bachelor’s degree in English from Dalhousie University.  She has taught at the University of Regina, University of Calgary and currently is a Professor in the Department of English at Mount Royal University where she teaches creative writing, drama and literature.