Erika de Vasconcelos

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Erika de Vasconcelos (born 1965) is a Portuguese Canadian novelist.

Biography

Born in 1965 in Montreal to recent immigrants from Portugal, de Vasconcelos has one sister, Paula, now a theatrical director.^[1]^[2] A graduate of Marianopolis College, with a degree in English and a certificate in Interior Design, she decided to seriously pursue writing in her 30s after her 10th class reunion at Marianopolis College.^[2] Her first novel, My Darling Dead Ones, was published in 1997. She followed up with Between the Stillness and the Grove in 2000.

de Vasconcelos is divorced, with two daughters.^[2]^[3] She resides in Toronto.She has a son with Nino Ricci.

Books by this author

Between the Stillness and the Grove (Knopf Canada, 2000)
My Darling Dead Ones (Knopf Canada, 1997) - this title was published in the New Face of Fiction program.

References

↑ "The director: Paula De Vasconcelos, Antoine Taillefer, of the theatre/dance company Pigeons International". The Gazette. 17 November 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Martin, Sandra (April 1997). "Author Profile: Erika de Vasconcelos, Death becomes her". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
↑ Waters, Juliet (1997). "Literary Darlings: The life behind Erika de Vasconcelos' My Darling Dead Ones". Montreal Mirror. Retrieved 23 March 2011.

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Name	Vasconcelos, Erika de
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Short description	Writer
Date of birth	1965
Place of birth	Montreal, Canada
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