Carol Ann Windley (born 18 June 1947) is a Canadian short story writer and novelist.

Biography

Carol Ann Windley was born in

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and raised in British Columbia and

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. Her debut short story collection, ''Visible Light'' (1993) won the 1993 Bumbershoot Award, and was nominated for the 1993 Governor General's Award for English Fiction and the 1994

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 A short stor ...

. She followed in 1998 with her first novel, ''Breathing Underwater''. In 2002, Windley won a Western Magazine Award for "What Saffi Knows", which later featured as the opening story in her short story collection ''Home Schooling'' (2006). That book was shortlisted for the 2006

Scotiabank Giller Prize The Giller Prize (sponsored as the Scotiabank Giller Prize), is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried competition be ...

. Windley has also taught creative writing at

Malaspina University-College Vancouver Island University (abbreviated as VIU, formerly known as Malaspina University-College and earlier as Malaspina College) is a Canadian public university serving Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia. Malaspina College began in 196 ...

Bibliography

*''Visible Light'' (1993) *''Breathing Underwater'' (1998) *''Home Schooling'' (2006)

References

* W.H. New. ''The Encyclopedia of Canadian Literature.'' Toronto: University of Toronto, 2002. 1217.

External links

Online interview from CBC Words at Large
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