Alison Wearing

Who is Alison Wearing?

Alison Wearing is a Canadian writer and performer. She is the author of two bestselling memoirs and the creator of two award-winning one-woman plays. Her most recent work, Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter, is both a memoir and a multi award-winning solo performance piece. Drawing on her own life experience, Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter tells the story of growing up with a gay father in a small Ontario town in the 1980s.

Wearing's first solo performance piece, Giving Into Light, was created in central Mexico, where she lived for almost a decade, and the play combines literary chronicles with music, dance and theatre. In addition to numerous other awards, Giving Into Light was a finalist for the Best Fringe Production of 2011 by CBC/CVV Magazine/Times Colonist/Monday Magazine.

Wearing's first book was travel memoir, Honeymoon in Purdah, her account of a trip to Iran.

Wearing performs in literary, musical and theatrical events and festivals throughout North America. She lives in Stratford, Ontario, with her partner and son.