Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Gail Anderson-Dargatz | |
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| Born | Gail Kathryn Anderson November 14, 1963 Kamloops, British Columbia |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Victoria |
| Period | 1990s–present |
| Notable works | The Cure for Death by Lightning, A Recipe for Bees |
Gail Kathryn Anderson-Dargatz (born November 14, 1963) is a Canadian novelist.[1]
Anderson-Dargatz was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, and grew up in Salmon Arm. She studied creative writing at the University of Victoria[1] and taught in the MFA program at UBC.[2] She published her debut short story collection The Miss Hereford Stories in 1994, and received a nomination for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in 1995.[3]
Her first novel,
Her second novel, A Recipe for Bees, was published in 1998.[8] Based on her own parents' early relationship, her process of researching the book led her parents to rekindle their romance after having divorced in 1981, and ultimately to their remarriage to each other.[8] The book was a Giller Prize finalist in 1998.[9]
She has since published the novels A Rhinestone Button (2002),[10] Turtle Valley (2007)[11] and The Spawning Grounds (2016).[12]
Bibliography
Short story collections
- The Miss Hereford Stories (1994) – ISBN 1-55054-160-9
Novels
- ISBN 0-385-72047-5
- A Recipe for Bees (1998) – ISBN 0-385-72048-3
- A Rhinestone Button (2002) – ISBN 0-676-97549-6
- Turtle Valley (2007) – ISBN 0-676-97886-X
- The Spawning Grounds (2016)
- The Almost Wife (2021)
References
- ^ a b "Gail Anderson-Dargatz". The Canadian Encyclopedia, February 20, 2007.
- ^ https://darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/success-story-with-gail-anderson-dargatz
- ^ "Montreal writer wins humor award". Toronto Star, May 4, 1995.
- ^ "Lightning strikes genius in first novel". Edmonton Journal, May 12, 1996.
- ^ "B.C. Book Prizes: `Lightning' strikes at awards". The Province, May 18, 1997.
- Montreal Gazette, November 7, 1996.
- ^ "Anne Michaels awarded $5,000 first novel prize". Toronto Star, May 28, 1997.
- ^ Victoria Times-Colonist, September 18, 1998.
- ^ "Quality evident in Giller nominations: Canadian authors recognized internationally for originality". St. Catharines Standard, October 17, 1998.
- Victoria Times-Colonist, December 15, 2002.
- Hamilton Spectator, September 29, 2007.
- ^ "A river runs through it: Gail Anderson-Dargatz's latest novel is a coming-of-age story with a very strange supernatural twist". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Archives of Gail Anderson-Dargats (Gail Anderson Dargatz fonds, R11697) are held at Library and Archives Canada
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