Nicole Dixon is an award-winning short story writer who holds a BA (Honours)
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and MA in creative writing and English, a BEd, and a Master of Library and Information Studies. Before pursuing her MLIS, Nicole taught for over ten years in a variety of pedagogical environments, including public and private online schools. As a recent information management graduate, Nicole specializes in web design and online content management. Nicole is conversant with such content management systems as Drupal and WordPress and is the Electronic Resources Librarian at Cape Breton University.

Her first book, High-Water Mark, a collection of short stories, will be published by the artisanal press The Porcupine's Quill in Fall, 2012. Nicole has also published essays and reviews in journals such as Canadian Notes and Queries. She is currently at work on a novel.

To contact Nicole, please email her.

Education
Master of Library and Information Studies - Dalhousie University - 2011
Master of Arts (creative writing and English) - University of Windsor - 2004
Bachelor of Education - Nipissing University - 2000
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - York University - 1997

Links to Websites and CMS Designed by Nicole
Nicole Dixon - largely devoted to Nicole's published writing. Here you'll find a list of Nicole's various publications, her award-winning story "High-Water Mark" and her photography.

Sea Stacks - a web-resource/CMS of Atlantic Canadian books for children and teens. Built using Drupal; funded by SSHRC.

Portfolio - showcases e-text projects (using html, css, xml and xsl) Nicole undertook during her MLIS. Includes an xml mark-up of her story, "Mona Says Fire Fire Fire," which first appeared in The New Quarterly.

The Short Story Portal - an investigation of the short story. Created as a course resource for Nicole's CRWR 3001: Creative Writing (Fiction) (taught at Dalhousie University, Winter 2011).

North Atlantic Rim - a web resource/CMS for an international architecture collective/cooperative research study of coastline settlements. Built using WordPress [under development].

Wild Caraway Restaurant and Café - Nicole's first commercial site, designed for a popular, local-source restaurant. Includes social media integration.

Chignecto and Area ATV Club - a website for a community recreation club. Built using WordPress.

Darryl Whetter, Green Party Candidate for Halifax (2008) - as campaign manager for the Halifax Green Party candidate during the 2008 federal election, it was Nicole's job to build and maintain the candidate's website. Their efforts doubled the Green Party vote.

CCVS (Chignecto-Central Virtual School) - while Nicole designed online curricula and taught Multimedia 12 and Film & Video 12 online at CCVS (2006-2007), she also designed this informative website.