Zoe Whittall
| Zoe Whittall | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
February 16, 1976 Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works |
Bottle Rocket Hearts Holding Still for as Long as Possible |
| Notable awards | 2008 Dayne Ogilvie Prize |
Zoe Whittall (born February 16, 1976) is a Canadian poet and novelist.[1] She has published four novels and three poetry collections to date.
Personal life and work
Whittall was born in 1976 in the Eastern Townships of Quebec and spent her childhood on a farm on the outskirts of South Durham.[1] She graduated from Dawson College in Montreal in 1995, attended Concordia University from 1995 to 1997, and completed a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph in 2009.[1]
She's worked for the small publishing houses Between the Lines Books and Sumach Press, and also as an arts reporter. She lives in Toronto.[1]
Her first novel, Bottle Rocket Hearts, was named a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year[1] and one of the top ten essential Canadian novels of the decade by CBC's Canada Reads.[2]
She won the Writers' Trust of Canada's Dayne Ogilvie Grant for best gay emerging writer in 2008.[3] She subsequently served on the award's 2011 jury, selecting Farzana Doctor as that year's winner.[4]
Holding Still for as Long as Possible, Whittall's second novel, was published in 2009 in Canada and 2010 in the United States.[1] It's been optioned for film, and was shortlisted for the 2010 ReLit Award.[1] It was also an honour book for the American Library Association's Stonewall Book Award in 2011,[5] as well as winning a Lambda Literary Award.
In 2010 she published a short novella for Orca Books' Rapid Reads series called The Middle Ground, a book for adults with low literacy skills.
Her poetry books include The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life, The Emily Valentine Poems and Precordial Thump.[1] She edited the short fiction anthology Geeks, Misfits & Outlaws (McGilligan Books) in 2003.
In 2016, her novel The Best Kind of People was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Bibliography
Novels
- Bottle Rocket Hearts, 2007 (Cormorant Books)
- Holding Still For as Long as Possible, 2009 (House of Anansi)
- The Middle Ground, 2010 (Orca Book Publishers)
- The Best Kind of People, 2016 (House of Anansi)
Poetry
- The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life, 2001 (McG)
- The Emily Valentine Poems, 2006 (Snare)
- Precordial Thump, 2008 (Exile Editions)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Zoe Whittall at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ↑ The verdict is in: The Top 40 revealed and your chance to choose the Canada Reads Top 10. Canada Reads, October 28, 2010.
- ↑ "Zoe Whittall wins Dayne Ogilvie Grant". Quill & Quire, June 17, 2008.
- ↑ "Farzana Doctor to receive Dayne Ogilvie Grant" Archived August 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.. Quill & Quire, June 1, 2011.
- ↑ 2011 Winners. Stonewall Book Award.
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