Pauline Holdstock

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Pauline Holdstock (born 1948) is a British-Canadian essayist and writer of historical fiction.

Born in England, she came to Canada in 1974, and resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Her 1987 novel The Blackbird's Song was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and her 2003 novel Beyond Measure was nominated for the Giller Prize.

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• The Blackbird's Song (1987), ISBN 0-88924-191-0
• The Burial Ground (1991), ISBN 0-921586-25-6
• House (1994), ISBN 0-88878-353-1
• Swimming from the Flames (1995), ISBN 0-88801-182-2
• The Turning (1996), ISBN 0-921586-53-1
• Beyond Measure (2003), ISBN 1-896951-49-X (published in the U.S. as A Rare and Curious Gift)
• Mortal Distractions (2004, essays), ISBN 1-894345-66-5