Holley Rubinsky (May 18, 1943 – August 1, 2015) was an American-born Canadian fiction writer who lived in Kaslo, British Columbia.

Biography

Rubinsky was born on May 18, 1943, in Long Beach, California. She came to Kaslo, British Columbia, in 1976 with her daughter, the artist and children's book writer, Robin Ballard. In 1984, she married

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, whom she had met at a Banff Publishing Workshop, and couple moved to Toronto. The title story of Rubinsky's first book, ''Rapid Transits and Other Stories'' (Polestar, 1991), won the first $10,000 Journey Prize (1989),"Short story wins $10,000 for B.C. writer". '' Vancouver Sun'', June 15, 1989. as well as the Canadian National Magazine Awards Gold Medal for fiction and a nomination for the Western Magazines Award. ''At First I Hope for Rescue'' (Knopf Canada, 1997; Picador, 1998) was shortlisted for B.C.'s Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and was chosen for the

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Booksellers "Discover great new writers program". ''Beyond This Point'' was published by McClelland & Stewart in 2006. Her collection of short fiction, ''South of Elfrida'' (Brindle & Glass), was published in 2013. Yuri died January 21, 1996, after suffering a massive and unexpected heart attack. After his death, she moved to Arizona, then returned to Kaslo in 2001. From 2006-2008, Rubinsky was host of ''The Writers' Show'' produced by CJLY-FM, Kootenay Coop Radio, a weekly program about the process of writing and experiences in publishing. Rubinsky died of cancer on August 1, 2015. Since 2016, she has been memorialized by the Holley Rubinsky Blue Pencil Sessions at the annual Elephant Mountain Literary Festival in

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Awards and honours

Publications

* ''Rapid Transit and Other Stories.'' Vancouver: Polestar, 1991. * ''At First I Hope For Rescue.'' Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1997; New York: Picador, 1998. * ''Beyond this Point.'' Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2006. * ''South of Elfrida.'' Victoria: Brindle & Glass, 2013.

References

External links

Holley Rubinsky's websiteHolley Rubinsky at Random House of CanadaPublisher's website for ''Beyond This Point''Publisher's website for "South of Elfrida"
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