Katie Tallo

Katie Tallo is a Canadian screenwriter, director, and author.

Early life

Tallo grew up in Ottawa in the Carleton Heights neighbourhood of Nepean.{{Cite web |last=Lalande |first=Dan |date=2021-06-24 |title=Ottawa Author Makes NY Times and Globe and Mail |url=https://facesmag.ca/ottawa-author-makes-ny-times-and-globe-and-mail/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=FACES Magazine |language=en-US}} She is a graduate of Carleton University and Algonquin College.{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=CREATIVE WOMEN WORKSHOPS ASSOCIATION (CWWA): Board of Directors |url=http://www.creativewomenworkshops.com/Docs/WIDC2011/11BIOS_BOD.pdf |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Creative Women Workshops}}

Career

Inspired by her time with Women in the Director's Chair (WIDC) in 1997, Tallo developed a scene from her WIDC workshop into her 1998 short film, See Through.{{Cite web |last=Whiteman |first=Carol |date=2019 |title=Creating space for authentic voice in Canada's screen industry: A case study of "Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC)" |url=https://summit.sfu.ca/_flysystem/fedora/sfu_migrate/18793/etd20084.pdf |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Simon Fraser University |page=89}} Tallo directed the TV-documentary Juiced for CityTV in 1999. Her first feature film, Posers, premiered in 2002. She both wrote and directed the movie.{{Cite news |last=Hays |first=Matthew |date=2001-12-17 |title=When girls' night out turns deadly |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/when-girls-night-out-turns-deadly/article4158027/ |access-date=2022-10-18}} For ten years, Tallo served on the Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) Board of Directors.

In 2020, Tallo's debut novel, Dark August, was published by HarperCollins. Dark August was named a New York Times Editor's Pick.{{Cite news |date=2020-08-20 |title=11 New Books We Recommend This Week |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/books/review/11-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html |access-date=2022-10-18 |issn=0362-4331}} Its sequel, Poison Lilies, was published in 2022.{{Cite news |date=2022-07-24 |title=The Next Chapter's mystery panel recommends 9 thriller and whodunit books to read this summer |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/full-episode-june-25-2022-1.6497984/the-next-chapter-s-mystery-panel-recommends-9-thriller-and-whodunit-books-to-read-this-summer-1.6497989 |access-date=2022-10-17}} The third book in the installment is to be released on December 3, 2024, titled Buried Road.{{Cite web |last=Noble |first=Barnes & |title=Buried Road: A Novel{{!}}Paperback |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/buried-road-katie-tallo/1145023586 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Barnes & Noble |language=en}}

Personal life

Tallo lives in Ottawa with her husband and daughter.{{Cite web |last=Colford |first=Ian |date=2020-08-13 |title=Dark August by Katie Tallo |url=https://miramichireader.ca/2020/08/dark-august-by-katie-tallo/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=The Miramichi Reader |language=en-US}} She also had a dog named Levi, whom she depicted in Dark August.{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Elizabeth |date=2020-10-10 |title=Author has vision |work=Ottawa Citizen |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20201010/281805696396763 |access-date=2022-10-17}}

Bibliography

Dark August (2020){{Cite web |last=Saxberg |first=Lynn |date=2020-11-09 |title=Publishing during a pandemic: Books by Ottawa-area authors not to be missed |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/publishing-during-a-pandemic-books-by-ottawa-area-authors-not-to-be-missed |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Ottawa Citizen |language=en-CA}}{{Cite news |last=Stasio |first=Marilyn |date=2020-08-14 |title=Plucky Characters? Ugh. Make Mine Prickly and Difficult. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/books/review/crime-fiction-stasio-jeff-abbott-never-ask-me.html |access-date=2022-10-18 |issn=0362-4331}}
Poison Lilies (2022){{Cite news |last=Weinman |first=Sarah |date=2022-05-20 |title='You Don't Pick a Jury. You're Left With a Jury.' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/books/review/new-crime-fiction.html |access-date=2022-10-18 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Katie |first=Tallo |date=2022-04-01 |title=Poison Lilies |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/poison-lilies-1788133 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Library Journal}}
Buried Road (2024)

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable" \|+ !rowspan="2"\| Year !rowspan="2"\| Work !colspan="2"\|Credited as !rowspan="2"\| Notes
Writer !Director
1998 \|See Through \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|Short
2002 \|Posers \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|

class="wikitable"

!rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Work

!colspan="2"|Credited as

!rowspan="2"| Notes

Writer

!Director

1998

|See Through

|{{yes}}

|Short

2002

|Posers

|{{yes}}

=Television=

class="wikitable" \|+ !rowspan="2"\| Year !rowspan="2"\| Work !colspan="2"\|Credited as !rowspan="2"\| Notes
Writer !Director
1999 \|Juiced \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|TV documentary
2004 \|Just Jamie \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|5 episodes
2010 \|Rob the Robot \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|Episode: "Lost and Found"

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!rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Work

!colspan="2"|Credited as

!rowspan="2"| Notes

Writer

!Director

1999

|Juiced

|{{yes}}

|TV documentary

2004