Anne Fleming (born 25 April 1964) is a Canadian fiction writer. Born in

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, Fleming attended the

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, enrolling in a geography program then moving to English studies. In 1991, she moved to

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. She teaches at the

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Okanagan campus in Kelowna. She formerly taught at the Victoria School of Writing. Her fiction has been published in magazines and anthologies, including ''

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'' magazine, '' The Journey Prize Stories'', and '' The New Quarterly'', where it won a National Magazine Award. Her first book, ''Pool-Hopping and Other Stories'', was a finalist at the 1999 Governor General's Awards; it was also a contender for the

Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize The Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, established in 1985 as one of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, is awarded annually to the best work of fiction by a resident of British Columbia, Canada. The award is named after novelist and short story writer Ethel W ...

and the

Danuta Gleed Award The Danuta Gleed Literary Award is a Canadian national literary prize, awarded since 1998. It recognizes the best debut short fiction collection by a Canadian author in English language. The annual prize was founded by John Gleed in honour of his ...

. Her second book is the novel, ''Anomaly'' (Raincoast Books 2005). Aside from her literary endeavors, Fleming has hosted a radio program, played defense for the Vancouver Voyagers women's hockey team, and also plays the ukulele. She has a partner and child. Fleming's great-grandfather was the mayor of

, and Toronto figures prominently in her writing. In 2013 she served alongside Amber Dawn and

Vivek Shraya Vivek Shraya (born February 15, 1981) is a Canadian musician, writer, and visual artist. She currently lives in Calgary, Alberta, where she is an assistant professor in the creative writing program at the University of Calgary. As a trans woman of ...

on the jury of the

Dayne Ogilvie Prize The Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an emerging Canadian writer who is part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer community. Origina ...

, a literary award for LGBT writers in Canada, selecting C. E. Gatchalian as that year's winner."C. E. Gatchalian wins Dayne Ogilvie Prize"
''

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'', 27 June 2013.

Bibliography

* ''Pool-Hopping and Other Stories'', 1998 () * ''Anomaly'', 2005 () * ''Gay Dwarves of America'', 2012 () * ''poemw'', 2016 () * ''The Goat'', 2017 ()

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Anne Fleming Official Website
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