Kathy Page (born 8 April 1958) is a British-Canadian writer. She is the author of seven previous novels, including ''The Story of My Face'' (longlisted for the Orange Prize in 2002) and ''Alphabet'' (nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction in Canada in 2005), as well as Canada's

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-shortlisted story collections ''Paradise & Elsewhere'' (2014) and ''The Two of Us'' (2016). Her latest novel, ''Dear Evelyn'', was published in 2018 by

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in Europe and Biblioasis in North America. She now lives on Salt Spring Island, Canada.

Early life

Kathy Page was born on 8 April 1958 in

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, U.K. She has an Honours BA in English and related literature from the

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

, and an MA in creative writing from the

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. In the late 1990s, she trained as a psychotherapist and worked briefly in a therapeutic community for drug users. She currently resides on Salt Spring Island with her husband, and two children.

Career

Page's 2002 book ''The Story of My Face'', which was long listed for the

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in the U.K. ''Alphabet'', published in 2005, was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award in Canada in 2005. The novel ''The Find'' was published in April 2010 and was shortlisted for the ReLit Award in 2011. Her novel ''Paradise and Elsewhere'', a collection of short stories, was published in June 2014. Page has also worked as a university lecturer (

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), distance learning tutor (

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, in the U.K.), writer in residence (

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, among others), writing workshop instructor ( Banff Centre) and carpenter/joiner. She moved with her family to Saltspring Island,

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, in 2001 and teaches fiction at

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Prizes and honours

*1992 The Traveller Writing award *1994

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(for short story) *2002 Longlist,

(for ''The Story of My Face'') *2005 Shortlist, Governor General's Literary Award (for ''Alphabet'') *2011 Shortlist, ReLit Award (for ''The Find'') *2014 Longlist,

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(for ''Paradise and Elsewhere'') *2016 Longlist,

(for ''The Two of Us'') *2018 Winner, Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (for ''Dear Evelyn'')"Books inspired by the authors' parents win the top Writers' Trust Awards"
''

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'', November 7, 2018.

Bibliography

Novels

*''Back in the First Person'' (1986)

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*''The Unborn Dreams of Clara Riley'' (1987)

*''Island Paradise'' (1988)

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/Minerva *''Frankie Styne & the Silver Man'' (1992)

*''The Story of My Face'' (2002) Weidenfeld & Nicolson/McArthur *''Alphabet'' (2005) Weidenfeld & Nicolson/McArthur *''The Find'' (2010)

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*''Dear Evelyn'' (2018)

Short story collections

*''As In Music'' (1990)

*''Paradise and Elsewhere'' (2014) Biblioasis *''The Two of Us'' (2016) Biblioasis

Anthologies

*"Leaf in the Works" and "The Politics of the Superficial", in ''Writing Women VI'', No. 3, 1982 *"The Garden", ''Everywoman'', 1988 *"The Green Table", ''Panurge 10'', 1989 *"The Ancient Siddanese", ''Minerva Anthology of C20 Women's Writing'', edited by Judy Cooke, Minerva, 1991 *"Wonder", ''New Writing Two'', edited by Malcolm Bradbury and Andrew Motion, Minerva, 1993 *"The Gymnasium", ''Best Short Stories 1993'', edited by Giles Gordon and David Hughes,

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, 1993 *"Woodsmoke", ''Class Work'', edited by Malcolm Bradbury,

, 1995 *"My Beautiful Wife", ''Back Rubs'', edited by Alison Campbell, et al., Serpent's Tail, 1996 *"It Is July Now", ''Wild Ways'', edited by Margo Daly and Peter Porter, Vintage, 1997 *"Bees", ''New Writing Six'', edited by A.S. Byatt and Peter Porter, Vintage, 1997 *"The Question", ''Cheatin' Heart'', edited by Longinotto and Rosenthall, Serpent's Tail, 1999 *"Of Paradise", ''Other Voices'', Vol. 13, Millennium issue, 2000 *"It Is July Now", ''10 Women Writers'', edited by Barbara Puschmann-Nalenz, Reclam, 2000 *"Rosemary", ''The Lighted Room'', edited by Margo Daly,

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, 2002 *"The Right Thing to Say", ''Ars Medica'', 2009

Non-fiction

*"The Pike's Heart", ''The Traveller'', 1992 *"The Family Inside", ''Prison Writing'', Vol 1, No. 1, 1992 *"Success?", ''Panurge 15'', 1996 *"The Butterfly", in ''Humane Prisons and How to Run Them'', edited by David Jones, Radcliffe, UK, 2007 *"Five Times", in ''Great Expectations'', edited by Lisa Moore and Dede Crane

References

External links

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The story behind Paradise and Elsewhere - Online Essay by Kathy Page
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