Transatlantic is delighted to welcome Ann Shin to the agency. Ann is a writer and filmmaker based in Toronto whose latest book of poetry, The Family China, (Brick Books, 2013) won the Anne Green Award and was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Poetry Prize. Her previous book, The Last Thing Standing, was published by Mansfield Press. Ann’s latest documentary My Enemy, My Brother was shortlisted for a 2016 Academy Award and nominated for an Emmy. Her previous documentary, The Defector: Escape from North Korea won 7 awards including Best Documentary and Best Documentary Director at the 2014 Canadian Screen Academy Awards, a SXSW Interactive Award, and a Canadian Digi Award.
Ann is represented by Senior Literary Agent Carolyn Forde.