Catherine Bush (writer)

This article is about the Canadian writer. For the British musician, see Kate Bush .

Catherine Bush (* 1961 in Toronto ) is a Canadian writer .

biography

Born in Toronto and educated at the University of Toronto Schools, she attended Yale University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature. Her debut novel, Minus Time (1993), was nominated for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and the City of Toronto Book Prize. It was also published in the US and UK . The Rules of Engagement (HarperCollins, 2000), a national bestseller, was published internationally, nominated for the City of Toronto Book Award, and recognized by the Los Angeles Times and New York Times as Notable Book and Best Book of The Globe and Mail Year elected. Claire's Head (M&S, 2004) was nominated for a Trillium Award and named best book of the year by The Globe and Mail. Bush has taught creative writing at universities such as Concordia , the University of Florida, and the University of Guelph . She is currently the Coordinator of Creative Writing MFA at the University of Guelph and Professor in the University of British Columbia's Online MFA Program . She was writer-in-residence at McMaster University , the University of New Brunswick , the University of Alberta, and the University of Guelph. Her non-fiction books have appeared in numerous publications, including The Globe and Mail and the New York Times Magazine .

bibliography

• Minus Time (1993)
• The Rules of Engagement (2000)
• Claire's Head (2004)
• Accusation (2013)

literature

• Mary Conde: Old Europe and New World: A reading of Catherine Bush's "The Rules of Engagement" and Jean McNeil's "Private View,. Studies in anglophone literatures and cultures, Vol. 3. In: Martin Kuester, Françoise LeJeune, Anca-Raluca Radu, Charlotte Sturgess (Ed.): Narratives of crisis - crisis of narrative . Wißner, Augsburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-89639-849-9 , pp. 67-76 (English).
• Interview with The Rumpus, December 3, 2013, via Accusation

Web links

• Catherine Bush's website

Individual evidence

• WH New, ed. Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002: 167.