Mary Lawson
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Mary Lawson (born 1946) is a Canadian novelist.
Born in southwestern Ontario, she spent her childhood in Blackwell, Ontario and is a distant relative of L. M. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables.
Lawson moved to England after graduating from McGill University with a psychology degree in 1968. She also married in England, has two grown up sons and now lives in Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey.[1] Her two novels to date, both published by Knopf Canada were set in Northern Ontario. A French language edition of Crow Lake was translated by Cécile Arnaud, was published as Le choix des Morrison by Belfond in 2003.
[edit] Awards and recognition
- 2002: winner, Books in Canada First Novel Award, Crow Lake
- 2003: winner, McKitterick Prize, Crow Lake
- 2006: longlisted, Man Booker Prize for Fiction, The Other Side of the Bridge
[edit] Bibliography
- Crow Lake (2002) ISBN 0-676-97480-5
- The Other Side of the Bridge (2006) ISBN 0-676-97746-4
