About
I am a writer who was raised in a story telling culture. My 30 year first career was as a psychotherapist with an intercultural focus. I have lived in all regions of the contiguous United States as well as in South America. Wanderlust drove my curiosity about people and cultures and how we form successful relationships across cultures and ethnicities. My first book, Mixed Blessings:A Guide to Multicultural and Multiethnic Relationships is a self help book co-authored with my business partner, Rhoda Berlin.
In 2019, I closed my business to finish my debut novel, Exiled South, published by Koehler Books in 2022. Currently I am working on a second novel.
Https://www.harrietcannon.com
I live in the Pacific North West, port Townsend, WA, with my husband and have two grown children who live nearby.
Featured Work
Exiled South
Can a woman’s international quest heal family wounds going back to the American Civil War?
A personal tragedy destroys Lizbeth Gordon’s comfortable life in the Pacific Northwest sending her home to South Carolina searching for peace. But, her elderly aunt intrigues her with half told stories of a blockade running ancestor hunted as traitor, his sister and her mixed race child who fled to Brazil in 1865. Lizbeth seeks answers that lead to Rio de Janeiro, and an understanding of international intrigue and painful choices made by her ancestors. And, an opportunity for self examination, the meaning of for family and identity.
“A unique, fascinating, entertaining, and finely crafted novel from first page to last” —— Midwest Book Review
Other Works
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Mixed Blessings: A Guide to Multicultural and Multiethnic Relationships
2013
Awards and Recognition
- Exiled South, 2023 Feathered Quill Award Winning finalist
- Exiled South, 2023 Feathered Quill Award Winning finalist
