Carol Windley
Carol Ann Windley (born June 18, 1947 in Tofino , British Columbia , Canada ) is a Canadian writer who writes novels and short stories . In 2007 she won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize .
Life
Carol Windley was born in Tofino, British Columbia in 1947. She grew up in British Columbia and Alberta and worked as an office clerk at a radio station and as a librarian. Her first collection of short stories, Visible Light (1993), won the Bumbershoot Award and was nominated for the Governor General's Award for English Fiction in 1993 and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 1994.
This was followed in 1998 by her first novel, Breathing Underwater . In 2002, Carol Windley won the Western Magazine Award for the single short story What Saffi Knows , which later became the introductory narrative in her short story collection Home Schooling (2006). This book was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2006 and was awarded the BC Book Prizes Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2007 .
In addition, Windley teaches creative writing at Malaspina University College. She usually lets her stories take place in the rural surroundings of Vancouver Island or in the cities of the northern Pacific . She lives in Nanaimo with her husband .
plant
- Visible Light (1993)
- Breathing Underwater (1998)
- Home Schooling (2006)
Awards and nominations
- 1993: Bumbershoot Award for Visible Light
- 1993: Shortlist of the Governor General's Award for Fiction for Visible Light
- 1994: Shortlisted the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for Visible Light
- 2002: Western Magazin Award for What Saffi Knows
- 2006: Shortlisted the Scotiabank Giller Prize for Home Schooling
- 2007: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for Home Schooling
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ What Saffi Knows - online edition
- ^ WH New. The Encyclopedia of Canadian Literature. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2002. p. 1217.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Windley, Carol |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Windley, Carol Ann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tofino , British Columbia , Canada |