Amy Kenny is a Whitehorse-based writer.
She covers city hall for Yukon News.
She has worked previously at The Hamilton Spectator, doing restaurant reviews, and covering business and the arts. Her journalism has also been published by National Geographic Book Publishing, Vice, Walrus, Canadian Geographic and Explore.
Her fiction, reviews and poetry have appeared in Monday, Time & Place, Prism, The Humber Literary Review, Room Magazine and The Antigonish Review.
She graduated from Ryerson University’s journalism program in 2004. In 2014 she completed the Humber School for Writers program in creative writing by correspondence, where she was mentored by David Adams Richards. In 2016, she was named journalist of the year at the Ontario Newspaper Awards. She is currently working towards an MFA in creative writing through the University of British Columbia.
Email: ameskenny@gmail.com
Twitter: @AmyKny
Instagram: @AmyKny
IRL: Probably running
