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Nicole Breit (she/her) is a queer award-winning essayist and writing coach based on the traditional lands of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh people in Gibsons, BC. Her work has been widely published in journals and anthologies including Brevity, The Fiddlehead, Room, Hippocampus, Pithead Chapel, Event, Swelling with Pride: Queer Conception and Adoption Stories (Caitlin Press), Awfully Hilarious: Period Pieces (ed. Heather Hendrie) and Getting to the Truth: The Craft and Practice of Creative Nonfiction (Books by Hippocampus). Nicole’s essay about first love and loss, “An Atmospheric Pressure”, was selected as a notable essay by the editors of Best American Essays, 2017. When she isn’t writing or coaching creative nonfiction authors in her Spark Your Story programs, you’ll find her wandering by the seaside, hiking in the forest or planning her next escape with her wife in their vintage campervan.
Bloom: Letters on Girlhood is a candid memoir-in-letters in which Claire and Nicole explore the awkwardness and confusion of adolescence, delving into everything from periods, first bras and body hair to desire, sexuality and consent. As they reflect on their silent struggles as girls, women and mothers from the perspective of mid-life, the true impact of patriarchy and misogyny on their lives becomes increasingly apparent.
BOOKS:
Bloom: Letters about Girlhood (Caitlin Press, 2025) $25 9781773861692 co-written with Claire Sicherman
[BCBW 2025]
Bloom: Letters on Girlhood is a candid memoir-in-letters in which Claire and Nicole explore the awkwardness and confusion of adolescence, delving into everything from periods, first bras and body hair to desire, sexuality and consent. As they reflect on their silent struggles as girls, women and mothers from the perspective of mid-life, the true impact of patriarchy and misogyny on their lives becomes increasingly apparent.
BOOKS:
Bloom: Letters about Girlhood (Caitlin Press, 2025) $25 9781773861692 co-written with Claire Sicherman
[BCBW 2025]
