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Mary-Ann Kirkby (born 1959) is a Canadian author who has written two memoirs about her upbringing in the
Hutterite Hutterites (german: link=no, Hutterer), also called Hutterian Brethren (German: ), are a communal ethnoreligious group, ethnoreligious branch of Anabaptism, Anabaptists, who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Refor ...
tradition.


Early life

Kirkby was born on a
Hutterite Hutterites (german: link=no, Hutterer), also called Hutterian Brethren (German: ), are a communal ethnoreligious group, ethnoreligious branch of Anabaptism, Anabaptists, who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Refor ...
colony in
Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...
to Ronald and Mary Dornn. Her family left the colony in 1969 when Kirkby was ten years old due to a conflict between Kirkby's father and the colony's head minister. Kirkby studied broadcast journalism in college, eventually becoming a television reporter and singer.


Books

Kirkby has written two books about her Hutterite upbringing. ''I Am Hutterite'' was originally self-published in 2007, earning enough commercial and critical success to lead to a 2010 re-release by publishers
Key Porter Books Key Porter Books was a book publishing company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1979 by Anna Porter, later well known as a writer, the company specialized in Canadian non-fiction, although it published some fiction too. It ceased ope ...
in Canada and Thomas Nelson in the United States. The follow up, ''Secrets of a Hutterite Kitchen'', was published in 2014. Kirkby won the 2007 Saskatchewan Book Award for Non-fiction and the Gold Prize for Best Culinary Narrative at the 2015 Taste Canada Food Writing Awards. Kirkby has also co-written a children's book entitled ''Make a Rabbit'', which she self-published in 2010.


Personal life

She is married to
Gordon Kirkby Gordon Kirkby (born 26 September 1958) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Prince Albert—Churchill River from 1993 to 1997. History Kirkby was first elected to Prince Albert City Council as an alderman in Octo ...
, a politician.


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Polka Dot Press


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