Jennica Harper is a Canadian television writer and producer, most noted as a

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winner and two-time

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nominee for her work on the television sitcom '' Jann''. She won the WGC award in 2020 for the episode "The Big House".Kelly Townsend
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'' Playback'', April 28, 2020. She was also a WGC winner in the Tweens and Teens category in 2016 for the '' Some Assembly Required'' episode "Rocket with a Pocket".Craig Takeuchi
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'', May 5, 2016. At the Canadian Screen Awards, she was a nominee for Best Writing in a Comedy Series at the

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in 2021 for "What Did Jann Do", and at the

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in 2022 for "No Drama". She also previously received a nomination for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Limited Series at the

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''. She has also published four books of poetry.Melanie

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'', August 13, 2015. Her collection ''Wood'' was shortlisted for the

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in 2014, and ''Bounce House'' was a finalist for the

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in 2020. Her other poetry collections were ''The Octopus and Other Poems'' (2006) and ''What It Feels Like for a Girl'' (2008). She is also known for "The Sally Draper Poems", a poetry sequence she wrote in the character of Sally Draper from the television series ''

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'' for the literary magazine ''

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''."The Sally Draper Poems: A Poem Cycle by Jennica Harper"
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'', March 2013. Harper was born in

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, and raised in

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. She is an alumna of the creative writing program at the

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