Lisa Foad is a

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short story writer and journalist."She owns the night"

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, October 23, 2009. Her debut collection, ''The Night Is a Mouth'', won the 2009

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for short fiction, as well as an Honour of Distinction citation from the

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's 2010 Dayne Ogilvie Grant for an emerging lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender writer."Nancy Jo Cullen Receives Dayne Ogilvie Grant"
. ''Open Book Toronto'', May 20, 2010. Foad is also a regular contributor to ''

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'', the LGBT community newspaper in

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Books

*''The Night Is a Mouth'' (2009)

References

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