Catherine Gildiner

Catherine Gildiner (born 1948) is an American–Canadian author and

Personal life

Gildiner was born in Lewiston, New York, was later raised in Niagara Falls, New York, and spent her teen years in Amherst near Buffalo.^[1]

Gildiner's latest biographical segment describes her time at the

After Oxford, Gildiner finished her bachelor's degree at Ohio University, followed by teaching at Thomas Paine High School, scene of recent race riots, where she successfully engaged black students that had been given up as a lost cause by some of her colleagues.

A scholarship allowed her to attend Victoria College at the

Gildiner lives in Toronto with her husband of 40 years, Michael, and their three sons.[3]

Writing career

Gildiner wrote the biographical trilogy "Too Close to the Falls", "After the Falls", and "Coming Ashore", covering, respectively, her life from age 4 to 12, age 12 to 21, and age 21 to 27. One review of "After the Falls" described Gildiner's memoir as "refreshingly honest, touching and witty" and "vital and earnest, with a wicked sense of humour, she is trouble with a heart."^[4]

In 2015,

• "Too Close to the Falls" (1999) [6]
• "After the Falls" (2010)^[7]
• "Coming Ashore" (2014)^[8]

Novels:

• "Seduction" (2005) ^[9]

Non-Fiction:

• "Good Morning, Monster" (2019) ^[10]

Awards and honours

• Gildiner received the Canadian Different Drummer award^[11]

Footnotes

External links

• Interview with the author in "Well and Tribune"
• Interview: Wall Street Journal
• Review of "After the Fall" in Elle magazine