Zoe Whittall (born February 15, 1976) is a Canadian poet and novelist. She has published three novels and three poetry collections.[1] Her latest novel, The Middle Ground, is a short novel for adults with low literacy skills. [2]
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Zoe was born in 1976 in the Eastern Townships of Quebec and spent her childhood on a farm on the outskirts of South Durham, Quebec[3] She graduated from Dawson College in Montreal in 1995, attended Concordia College from 1995 to 1997, and completed a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph in 2009.[4]
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.[5]
Her first novel, Bottle Rocket Hearts, was named a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year [6] and one of the top ten essential Canadian novels of the decade by CBC's Canada Reads.[7]
She won the Writers' Trust of Canada Dayne Ogilvie Award for best gay emerging writer in 2008.[8]
Holding Still for as Long as Possible, Zoe's second novel, was published in 2009 in Canada, and 2010 in the United States.[9] It's been optioned for film, and was shortlisted for the 2010 ReLit award. It was also an honour book for the American Library Association's Stonewall Book Award.[10]
Her poetry books include The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life, The Emily Valentine Poems and Precordial Thump. She edited the short fiction anthology Geeks, Misfits & Outlaws (McGilligan Books) in 2003.