Jael Richardson
Jael Ealey Richardson is a Canadian writer and broadcaster.[1] The daughter of former Canadian Football League quarterback Chuck Ealey, she is best known for The Stone Thrower, a book about her father which has been published both as an adult memoir in 2012 and as an illustrated children's book in 2015.[2]
She has also written the theatrical play my upside down black face, which was excerpted in T-Dot Griots: An Anthology of Toronto's Black Storytellers.[3]
An MFA graduate of the University of Guelph,[4] she is the cofounder and artistic director of Brampton, Ontario's annual Festival of Literary Diversity,[5] and has served as a writer in residence for the Toronto District School Board.[4] She is a regular contributor of book reviews to CBC Radio One's arts magazine series Q,[3] has served as a guest host of Q, and was cohost with Shelagh Rogers of the network's broadcast of the 2017 and 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize galas.[6]
Her debut novel, Gutter Child, was published in 2021.[7]
References
- "Author-activist Jael Richardson finally finds the part she was meant to play". Quill & Quire, January 25, 2016.
- "What writing about Chuck Ealey's career taught his daughter about black heritage". TVOntario, July 6, 2016.
- "Jael Richardson and the Industry-Changing FOLD". Room.
- "Jael Richardson on the FOLD: Festival of Literary Diversity". Room.
- "Brampton writer set to launch Festival of Literary Diversity". Toronto Star, May 1, 2016.
- "Between the Pages offers up an exclusive, insightful evening with the authors shortlisted for this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize". Toronto Life, October 24, 2017.
- K. J. Aiello, "Jael Richardson sets a new standard for social criticism through dystopian storytelling in her debut novel, Gutter Child". The Globe and Mail, January 6, 2021.