Katie Tallo is a Canadian screenwriter, director, and author.
Early life
Tallo grew up in
Ottawa
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in the Carleton Heights neighbourhood of
Nepean
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.
She is a graduate of
Carleton University
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and
Algonquin College
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.
Career
Inspired by her time with Women in the Director's Chair (WIDC) in 1997, Tallo developed a scene from her WIDC workshop into her 1998 short film, ''See Through''.
Tallo directed the TV-documentary ''Juiced'' for
CityTV in 1999. Her first feature film, ''
Posers'', premiered in 2002. She both wrote and directed the movie.
For ten years, Tallo served on the Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) Board of Directors.
In 2020, Tallo's debut novel, ''Dark August'', was published by
HarperCollins
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.
''Dark August'' was named a ''
New York Times
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'' Editor's Pick. Its sequel, ''Poison Lilies'', was published in 2022.
Personal life
Tallo lives in Ottawa with her husband and daughter. She also had a dog named Levi, whom she depicted in ''Dark August''.
Bibliography
* ''Dark August'' (2020)
* ''Poison Lilies'' (2022)
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
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Canadian women screenwriters
Canadian women novelists
Canadian women film directors
Film directors from Ottawa
Living people
Carleton University alumni
Algonquin College alumni
Writers from Ottawa
21st-century Canadian women writers
Date of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)