Cynthia Flood
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Cynthia Flood | |
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Born | Cynthia Creighton September 17, 1940 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | fiction writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 1980s-present |
Notable works | My Father Took a Cake to France, Making a Stone of the Heart, Red Girl Rat Boy |
Relatives | Donald Creighton, father Luella Creighton, mother |
Cynthia Flood (born September 17, 1940)[1] is a Canadian short-story writer and novelist. The daughter of novelist Luella Creighton and historian Donald Creighton,[1][2] she grew up primarily in Toronto.[1] After attending the University of Toronto and the University of California, Berkeley she spent some years in the United States, where she married Maurice Flood before moving to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1969.[3]
She has been active in many socialist, feminist, anti-war, and environmental groups, and in the faculty union while an English instructor at
After retirement, she briefly taught creative writing in Simon Fraser University's writing and publishing program.[5]
Flood's first three books of short fiction are The Animals in Their Elements, My Father Took a Cake to France (Talonbooks, 1987 and 1992), and The English Stories (Biblioasis 2009). The title story from My Father Took a Cake to France won the Journey Prize in 1990,[6] and she has also won awards from Western Magazines and Prism International. Her work has been widely anthologized, and has been repeatedly included in Best Canadian Stories. Her novel Making a Stone of the Heart (Key Porter, 2002) was nominated for the City of Vancouver Book Award that year.[7]
Her collection, The English Stories was published in April 2009 by Biblioasis. These short fictions are set in 1950s England. One, "Religious Knowledge," won the
Flood's 2013 collection, Red Girl Rat Boy (Biblioasis), was chosen by January Magazine and , and in "Best Canadian Stories".
In 2017 Biblioasis published her fifth book of short fictions, "What Can You Do." As with her other books, many of the stories appeared first in literary magazines.
Most recently, a Selected book of Cynthia Flood's stories has appeared, titled "You Are Here" (Biblioasis). This book contains 20 of Flood's best stories from her five collections.
References
- ^ a b c "Vancouver writer wins $10,000 Canadian fiction prize". The Globe and Mail, May 25, 1990.
- ISBN 0802007619. "Creighton, Luella Sanders", p. 247.
- ^ a b c "Figures of Authority". Books in Canada.
- The Body Politic, Volume 9 (1973).
- ^ "Celebration of SFU Authors" (PDF). Simon Fraser University. 2009-11-04. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ "Cynthia Flood, Contributor - Banff Centre Press". Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ "City of Vancouver Book Award Past Winners and Finalists 1989-2008" (PDF). City of Vancouver. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2019-09-18.