Steele, Coleen

Coleen Steele, originally from Toronto, writes mystery and suspense fiction from her home in Bowmanville, Ontario. After studying British History and English at the University of Toronto, Coleen went on to develop a marketing and communications career with professional service firms before giving it up for a life of crime writing. With her fascination for history as well as her passion for film noir and old time radio shows, it’s not surprising that Coleen’s imagination often finds its niche in the past – several of her stories have been set in the Toronto area of the 1940s and 50s. She is currently working on her first novel, a police procedural set in contemporary small-town Ontario.

Selected Bibliography
“Rationed” in Storyteller Magazine, Winter 2001
“Them There Eyes” in Bone Dance, a Ladies Killing Circle Anthology, 2003
“Sunnyside” in Storyteller Magazine, Summer 2004
“The Knitting Circle” in Storyteller Magazine, Winter 2005
"When the Whistle Blows" in Going Out With a Bang, a Ladies Killing Circle Anthology, 2008

Awards
Shortlisted, CWC’s Arthur Ellis Award for Best Short Story, 2005 for “Sunnyside”
Winner, Bony Pete Best Short Story Contest, Bloody Words, 2005 for “The Knitting Circle”
Winner, Phil Harper Award, Imagination Theater, for Best Radio Script, 2006 for “Rationed”
Shortlisted, CWC’s Arthur Ellis Award for Best Short Story, 2006 for “The Knitting Circle”

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