Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Gail Anderson-Dargatz | |
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| Born | Gail Kathryn Anderson November 14, 1963 Kamloops, British Columbia |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Victoria |
| Period | 1990s–present |
| Notable works | The Cure for Death by Lightning, A Recipe for Bees |
Gail Kathryn Anderson-Dargatz (born November 14, 1963) is a Canadian novelist.[1]
Anderson-Dargatz was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, and grew up in Salmon Arm. She studied creative writing at the University of Victoria[1] and taught in the MFA program at UBC.[2] She published her debut short story collection The Miss Hereford Stories in 1994, and received a nomination for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in 1995.[3]
Her first novel, The Cure for Death by Lightning (1996), was an experimental yet accessible work whose story unfolded partly through narrative and partly through a collection of recipes and household tips belonging to the narrator's mother.[4] A Canadian bestseller that year, it won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize,[5] and was nominated for the Giller Prize[6] and the Books in Canada First Novel Award.[7]
Her second novel, A Recipe for Bees, was published in 1998.[8] Based on her own parents' early relationship, her process of researching the book led her parents to rekindle their romance after having divorced in 1981, and ultimately to their remarriage to each other.[8] The book was a Giller Prize finalist in 1998.[9]
She has since published the novels A Rhinestone Button (2002),[10] Turtle Valley (2007)[11] and The Spawning Grounds (2016).[12]
Bibliography
[edit]Short story collections
[edit]- The Miss Hereford Stories (1994) – ISBN 1-55054-160-9
Novels
[edit]- The Cure for Death by Lightning (1996) – ISBN 0-385-72047-5
- A Recipe for Bees (1998) – ISBN 0-385-72048-3
- A Rhinestone Button (2002) – ISBN 0-676-97550-X/ISBN 0-676-97549-6
- Turtle Valley (2007) – ISBN 0-676-97886-X
- The Spawning Grounds (2016)
- The Almost Wife (2021)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gail Anderson-Dargatz". The Canadian Encyclopedia, February 20, 2007.
- ^ "Success Story with Gail Anderson-Dargatz". 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Montreal writer wins humor award". Toronto Star, May 4, 1995.
- ^ "Lightning strikes genius in first novel". Edmonton Journal, May 12, 1996.
- ^ "B.C. Book Prizes: `Lightning' strikes at awards". The Province, May 18, 1997.
- ^ "Giller Prize goes to Atwood". Montreal Gazette, November 7, 1996.
- ^ "Anne Michaels awarded $5,000 first novel prize". Toronto Star, May 28, 1997.
- ^ a b "Book research prompts her parents to remarry". Victoria Times-Colonist, September 18, 1998.
- ^ "Quality evident in Giller nominations: Canadian authors recognized internationally for originality". St. Catharines Standard, October 17, 1998.
- ^ "Words, images woven with skill: Author describes everyday life in small rural community". Victoria Times-Colonist, December 15, 2002.
- ^ "Ghosts weave in and out of Turtle Valley for a scary read". Hamilton Spectator, September 29, 2007.
- ^ "A river runs through it: Gail Anderson-Dargatz's latest novel is a coming-of-age story with a very strange supernatural twist". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Archives of Gail Anderson-Dargats (Gail Anderson Dargatz fonds, R11697) are held at Library and Archives Canada
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- People from Salmon Arm
- Canadian women novelists
- University of Victoria alumni
- Canadian women short story writers
- 20th-century Canadian women writers
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- 20th-century Canadian short story writers
- 21st-century Canadian short story writers
- Writers from British Columbia