Our Resident Family

Meet some of the many residents who have created and worked at Camont over the years.

“My two weeks at Relais de Camont provided the perfect place and interlude for me to complete my new novel. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Kate and two other residents and the comfort of my lovely bedroom overlooking Kate’s magnificent gardens and the delicious food we cooked up all together in her farmhouse kitchen. Mostly, what I remember, is the sense of balance and wellbeing that I experienced in this calm, creative, productive environment.”
— Elizabeth Harlan

Who Comes to Camont?

What would you do with two weeks of unrestricted time? The old walls of Camont hum with new productivity and diverse inspiration.

~Painter Anna D. started a new direction with a series of paintings on paper for a graphic novel.

~Film Director Reiki J. completed a first edit of a new script.

~PhD student Ariel S. worked on her research for her thesis.

~Professor Trisha P. completed the final chapters of her short stories inspired by Early Modern Women Writers.

~Sculptor/Painter Barrie K. completed works for a US exhibition.

~Photographer Ruth R. shot a recipe story for Saveur magazine.

~Writer/Sailor/Bookseller Annie P. began her personal memoir about her early life at sea.

~Illustrator and animator Byron M. developed new characters for his graphic novel.

~Novelist Sarah M. completed last edits for her latest award-winning book.

Meet Camont’s Alumni

  • Clair Gaston- Botanical Illustrator

  • Andrea Ferrigno- Artist Painter

  • Courtney Sproule- Chef Writer

  • Annie Philbrick- Writer

  • Marie 'Zabie' Johnston- Writer

  • Ruth Ribeaucourt- Photographer

  • Niram Watthanasit- Editor Publisher Chef

  • Lousie & Steve Skinner- Potters

  • Valentina Solfrini- Photographer

  • Melissa M. Martin- Chef Writer

  • Alison Maclean~Film Developer

  • Natasha Marshall~ Photographer

  • Reika Murata - Screen Writer

  • Anna Dibble- Painter

  • Dylan Joyce-Ahearn -Writer

  • Kate Devine~ Photographer

  • Carolyn Johnson- Expeditor

  • Janice Jacquet~ Painter

  • Cristina Pejora~ Baker

  • Nathan Gilmour~ Chef Writer

  • Adrienne Hein ~ Painter Florist

  • Veronique Macree~ Writer

  • Anne Ditmeyer~ Writer/Publisher

  • Amy Dempsey~ Writer

  • Kayla Stewart~ Writer

  • Camille Cook~ Chef

  • Kathy Gunst Food Writing Workshop

  • Colleen Schindler-Lynch & Graham Lynch

  • Ellen Horan~ Writer

  • Charlene Murdock~ Writer Chef

  • Barrie Kaufmann~ Painter/Sculptor

  • Kim O'Neill~ Writer

  • Kate Hill, Kim O'Neill, Raquel Aranda

  • Brandon Faske~ Chef-in-Residence

  • Jenn Davis~ Chef/Writer/Photographer

  • Elizabeth Harlan~ Writer

  • Meredith Cotte~Chef Writer

  • Lisa Marie Donovan~ Writer Chef

  • Toni Tipton-Martin~ Writer/Editor

  • Trisha Pender~ Writer/Professor

  • Georgia Sisco-Writer

  • Isabelle Skoog~ artist/Illustrator

  • Dana Zetterlund~ Artist/Illustrator

  • Abigal Pak~ Poet

  • Jaclyn Piudik~ Poet/Translator

  • Allison Zinder~ Writer

  • Jean Davis~ Painter

  • Dana McCormick~ Writer/Poet

  • Two Early Modern Women Writer Scholars

  • Enas Nashif~ Photographer

  • Lydia Gilroy~ Artist/Painter; Rachel Deel~ Writer

  • Katie Harbath~ Writer

“That trip is what got me to book Kate Hill’s writing retreat in the south of France in February 2025. I spent two weeks there and wrote 30,000 words in 10 days. I gave myself a schedule and stuck to it: write from nine to noon, break for lunch and a walk, write again from one to four, then around five, open a bottle of really nice three-euro Bordeaux wine and handle whatever the rest of my work life needed that day. It was the first time in this whole process that writing felt less like an obstacle and more like a rhythm I could live inside.”
— Katie Harbath 2026
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