Berni Stapleton is a Canadian writer residing in Newfoundland. Along with writing, Stapleton is also a performer and playwright. ^[1] Her debut book, They Let Down Baskets, won the 1999 Newfoundland Book Award for Best Non-Fiction. ^[2]

Stapleton was born in North West River and raised in Marystown. ^[1] She was a playwright-in-residence with the Playwright's Workshop Montreal, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, PARC, as well as other national companies. ^[3] She was also the Artistic Director of the Grand Bank Regional Theatre for eleven years. ^[4] She has a production company called In Conjunction. ^[5] In 2019, Stapleton was named Memorial University's writer-in-residence. ^{[1] [6]} She has also received a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to write Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands. ^[5]

Her roles as an actress have included the films Violet, The Bingo Robbers and Behind the Red Door.

• They Let Down Baskets (1998) ^[7]
• This is the Cat (2015) ^{[8] [9]}
• Rants, Riffs, and Roars (2009) ^[1]
• Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands (to be released) ^[3]

• No Change in the Weather ^[10]
• The Pope and Princess Di ^[11]
• Woman in a Monkey Cage ^[11]
• Offensive to Some ^{[1] [12]}
• Our Frances ^{[13] [14]}
• Dolly ^[6]
• Late Lesbians and Other Bloomers ^[3]
• Mill Girls ^[6]

• 1999 Newfoundland Book Award for They Let Down the Baskets ^[2]
• 2018 Arts and Letters Award for Best Dramatic Script for Dolly ^[1]
• Rhonda Payne Award from Arts NL ^{[15] [16]}
• Ambassador of Tourism Award from Hospitality NL ^[4]

• Berni Stapleton at IMDb