Neilsen Glenn is the author and editor of several books of creative nonfiction, poetry, literacy, ethnography, and essays (scholarly and literary).
Her writing focuses on women, arts-based research, and memoir/life stories; her work is known for its hybrid and lyrical approaches.
Neilsen Glenn has received awards for her poetry, creative nonfiction, teaching, scholarship and community work.
Neilsen Glenn was appointed Poet Laureate for the Halifax Regional Municipality in 2005,[1][2] a role she held through 2009.
Neilsen Glenn was President of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia from 2020 to 2021 and has served several terms on the WFNS board.