Jessica Outram is an award-winning author, poet, playwright, and educator whose work explores the connections between history, identity, creativity, belonging, hope, and community.

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Author of the Shining Waters Series, including Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold, winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, Jessica writes historical fiction inspired by Canadian history, family history, and the enduring connections between people and place. ​

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The second book in the Shining Waters Series, Bernice and the Wild Waters, releases September 22, 2026.​