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 work(s) |
Bottle Rocket Hearts Holding Still for as Long as Possible |
| Notable award(s) | 2008 Dayne Ogilvie Prize |
Zoe Whittall (born February 16, 1976) is a Canadian poet and novelist.[1] She has published three novels and three poetry collections. Her latest novel is Holding Still for as Long as Possible, published by House of Anansi Press.[1]
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.
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)
Poetry
- The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life 2001 (McG)
- The Emily Valentine Poems 2006 (Snare)
- Precordial Thump 2008 (Exile Editions)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 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". Quill & Quire, June 1, 2011.
- ↑ 2011 Winners. Stonewall Book Award.
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