Kelley Aitken is a Canadian writer, visual artist, and art instructor. Aitken was born in

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, and graduated from the

University of Guelph , mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities" , established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922) , type = Public university , chancellor ...

with a degree in Fine Arts. Her first book, a collection of short stories entitled ''Love in a Warm Climate

(1998), was short-listed for the 1999

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best ...

Best First Book Priz

Aitken co-edited, and contributed to, ''First Writes

an anthology published in 2005. Aitken lives in

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Bibliography

*''Love in a Warm Climate''. Erin, Ontario: Porcupine's Quill, 1998. *''First Writes''. Banff, Alberta: Banff Centre, 2005. (edited with Susan Goyette and Barbara Scott) Living people Canadian women short story writers Writers from Vancouver 20th-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian women writers 20th-century Canadian women writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-writer-stub