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Revision as of 02:40, 22 November 2012
Sheree-Lee Olson | |
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| Born | December 11, 1954 Picton, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist, Poet, Journalist |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Genre | Literature, Poetry, Non-fiction |
| Notable works | Sailor Girl |
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| http://www.sheree-leeolson.com | |
Sheree-Lee Olson is a Canadian novelist, poet and journalist.
She was born in Picton, Ontario on the shores of Lake Ontario and grew up across Canada and in Europe. After earning degrees in visual art, philosophy and journalism, she joined The Globe and Mail, Canada's leading national newspaper, as an editor in 1985. She is currently an editor of the Life section.
Olson's poetry and fiction can be found in Descant and The Antigonish Review. Her essays have appeared in The Globe and Mail and Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell The Truth About Motherhood (2007).[1]
In 2007-08 she was the Webster/McConnell Fellow in the Canadian Journalism Fellowships Program at Massey College, University of Toronto.[2]
Her first novel, Sailor Girl, was published in 2008 by Porcupine's Quill.[3] It got attention across Canada and received several favourable reviews, including those on CBC Radio One Talking Books [4] and in The Globe and Mail.[5] A review in Canadian Literature journal concludes "Olson has announced herself as one of the new bright lights in Canadian literature."[6]
References
- ^ http://www.keyporter.com/BookDetail.aspx?ISBN=1552639118 Key Porter Books
- ^ http://www.utoronto.ca/massey/journalism/pastfellows.html Massey College
- ^ http://porcupinesquill.ca/bookinfo3.php?index=225 Porcupine's Quill Press
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2008/07/its_anchors_away_on_talking_bo_1.html CBC Radio One: Talking Books panel discussion about Sailor Girl, June 21, 2008
- ^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080628.BKSAIL28/TPStory/Entertainment/Books/ Review of Sailor Girl in The Globe and Mail, June 28, 2008
- ^ http://www.canlit.ca/reviews.php?id=14971 Canadian Literature, "New Voices Considered" by Caitlin Charman, accessed March 23, 2010
External links
- Official site
- "Like Father, Like Daughter," essay in The Globe and Mail, August 14, 2007
- Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell The Truth About Motherhood
- Excerpt of Sailor Girl in The Globe and Mail, June 2, 2008
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