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''BroadwayWorld'', September 29, 2014. and was playwright-in-residence at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre from 2009 to 2017. As a playwright, her plays have included ''The Yellow Wallpaper Project'', ''The Hanging of Françoise Laurent'', ''Clown of God'', ''And What Alice Found There'', ''The Counterfeit Marquise'',Kaplan, Jon (2004-02-04)
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'' Now'', February 4, 2004. ''After Akhmatova'' and ''The Bakelite Masterpiece''. She won the Geoffrey Bilson Award in 2012 for her young adult novel ''The Hangman in the Mirror'', and the

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in 2015 for her short story collection ''How You Were Born''. She was also shortlisted for a ReLit Award in 2014 for her poetry collection ''How This World Comes to an End'', and for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the

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Works

Plays

*''The Yellow Wallpaper Project'' (created from "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman) *''The Clown of God'' *''East of the Sun, West of the Moon'' (based on East of the Sun and West of the Moon) *''The Counterfeit Marquise'' (adapted from "The Counterfeit Marquise" by

Charles Perrault Charles Perrault ( , also , ; 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was an iconic French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales ...

) *''And What Alice Found There'' (based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, and other writings from Lewis Carroll) *''The World Turned Upside Down'' (adapted from Gerrard Winstanley and Christopher Hill (historian)) *''The Hanging of Françoise Laurent'' (based on "Marrying the Hangman" by

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nin ...

) *''The Bakelite Masterpiece'' *''After Akhmatova'' *''This is Nowhere'' *''The Archive of Missing Things''

Poetry

*''Other Houses'' (Brick Books 2017; OCLC ) *''When This World Comes to an End'' (Brick Books 2013; OCLC )

Short Stories

*''Householders'' (Biblioasis 2021; OCLC ) *''How You Were Born'' (Pedlar Press 2014; OCLC )

Young Adult Fiction

*''The Hangman in the Mirror'' (Annick Press 2011; OCLC )

References

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