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'''Audrey Grace Thomas''', [[Order of Canada|OC]] (née '''Callahan''', born 17 Nov 1935)<ref name="Nischik2007">[[Reingard M. Nischik]]. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=LLwj_ZQBkhwC&pg=PA247 The Canadian Short Story: Interpretations]''. Camden House; 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-57113-127-0}}. p. 247–.</ref> is a Canadian [[novelist]] and [[short story]] writer who lives on [[Galiano Island]], [[British Columbia]]. Her stories often have feminist themes and include exotic settings.<ref name="Nischik2008">Reingard M. Nischik. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VYgTaGwa4nsC&pg=PA318 History of Literature in Canada: English-Canadian and French-Canadian]''. Camden House; 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-57113-359-5}}. p. 318–.</ref> She is a recipient of the [[Marian Engel Award]].
'''Audrey Grace Thomas''', [[Order of Canada|OC]] (née '''Callahan''', born 17 November 1935)<ref name="Nischik2007">[[Reingard M. Nischik]]. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=LLwj_ZQBkhwC&pg=PA247 The Canadian Short Story: Interpretations]''. Camden House; 2007. {{ISBN|978-1-57113-127-0}}, p. 247–.</ref> is a Canadian [[novelist]] and [[short story writer]] who lives on [[Galiano Island]], [[British Columbia]]. Her stories often have feminist themes and include exotic settings.<ref name="Nischik2008">Reingard M. Nischik. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VYgTaGwa4nsC&pg=PA318 History of Literature in Canada: English-Canadian and French-Canadian]''. Camden House; 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-57113-359-5}}. p. 318–.</ref> She is a recipient of the [[Marian Engel Award]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Born in [[Binghamton, New York|Binghamton]], [[New York (state)|New York]] she immigrated to Canada in 1959,<ref>Eugene Benson and William Toye, eds. ''The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature.'' Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1997. p. 1113.</ref> where she attended and later taught at the [[University of British Columbia]]. From 1964 to 1966 she lived in [[Ghana]], and some of her stories are set there and in other distant places.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/afterword/local-customs-by-audrey-thomas-review "Local Customs, by Audrey Thomas: Review"]. ''National Post'', February 21, 2014</ref><ref>[https://roommagazine.com/issues/audrey-thomas "Audrey Thomas"] | ''Room Magazine''</ref> In 1987 she won the [[Marian Engel Award]] for her body of work.
Born in [[Binghamton, New York|Binghamton]], [[New York (state)|New York]], she immigrated in 1959 to Canada,<ref>Eugene Benson and William Toye, eds, ''The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature'', Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1997, p. 1113.</ref> where she attended and later taught at the [[University of British Columbia]]. From 1964 to 1966 she lived in [[Ghana]], and some of her stories are set there and in other distant places.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/afterword/local-customs-by-audrey-thomas-review "Local Customs, by Audrey Thomas: Review"]. ''National Post'', February 21, 2014</ref><ref>[https://roommagazine.com/issues/audrey-thomas "Audrey Thomas"] | ''Room Magazine''.</ref> In 1987 she won the [[Marian Engel Award]] for her body of work.


Thomas lived in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1980s, and wrote articles for ''Saturday Night Magazine''.<ref>[https://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/athomas.html "Audrey Thomas"]. Linda L. Richards, ''January Magazine''.</ref>
Thomas lived in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1980s, and wrote articles for ''Saturday Night Magazine''.<ref>Linda L. Richards, [https://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/athomas.html "Audrey Thomas"], ''January Magazine''.</ref>


She has three times received the [[Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize]], for ''Intertidal Life'' (1984),<ref name="Rosenthal2003">Caroline Rosenthal. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=t1Nwh76UE8wC&pg=PA29 Narrative Deconstructions of Gender in Works by Audrey Thomas, Daphne Marlatt, and Louise Erdrich]''. Camden House; 2003. {{ISBN|978-1-57113-267-3}}. p. 29–.</ref> ''Wild Blue Yonder'' (1990), and ''Coming Down from Wa'' (1995). In 2008, she was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5447 |title=Governor General Announces New Appointments to the Order of Canada |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908213224/http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5447 |archivedate=2009-09-08 }}</ref>
She has three times received the [[Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize]], for ''Intertidal Life'' (1984),<ref name="Rosenthal2003">Caroline Rosenthal. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=t1Nwh76UE8wC&pg=PA29 Narrative Deconstructions of Gender in Works by Audrey Thomas, Daphne Marlatt, and Louise Erdrich]''. Camden House; 2003. {{ISBN|978-1-57113-267-3}}. p. 29–.</ref> ''Wild Blue Yonder'' (1990), and ''Coming Down from Wa'' (1995). In 2008, she was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5447 |title=Governor General Announces New Appointments to the Order of Canada |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908213224/http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5447 |archivedate=8 September 2009 }}</ref>


In 2014 she published her eighteenth book, ''Local Customs''.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/local-customs-a-take-on-19th-century-womans-mysterious-death-not-so-much-a-work-of-historical-fiction-as-an-act-of-channelling/article17618210/ "Local Customs: A take on 19th Century woman's death no so much a work of historical fiction as an act of channelling"]. Review by SARA O'LEARY, ''The Globe and Mail'', March 21, 2014</ref>
In 2014 she published her eighteenth book, ''Local Customs''.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/local-customs-a-take-on-19th-century-womans-mysterious-death-not-so-much-a-work-of-historical-fiction-as-an-act-of-channelling/article17618210/ "Local Customs: A take on 19th Century woman's death no so much a work of historical fiction as an act of channelling"]. Review by SARA O'LEARY, ''The Globe and Mail'', 21 March 2014.</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==


===Novels===
===Novels===
*''Mrs. Blood'' - 1970
*''Mrs. Blood'' – 1970
*''Munchmeyer and Prospero on the Island'' - 1971
*''Munchmeyer and Prospero on the Island'' – 1971
*''Songs My Mother Taught Me'' - 1973
*''Songs My Mother Taught Me'' – 1973
*''Blown Figures'' - 1974
*''Blown Figures'' – 1974
*''Latakia'' - 1979
*''Latakia'' – 1979
*''[[Intertidal Life]]'' - 1984 (nominated for a [[1984 Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Award]])
*''[[Intertidal Life]]'' – 1984 (nominated for a [[1984 Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Award]])
*''Graven Images'' - 1993
*''Graven Images'' – 1993
*''Coming Down from Wa'' - 1995 (nominated for a [[1996 Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Award]])
*''Coming Down from Wa'' – 1995 (nominated for a [[1996 Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Award]])
*''[[Isobel Gunn (book)|Isobel Gunn]]'' - 1999<ref>[https://quillandquire.com/review/isobel-gunn/ "Book Review:Isabel Gunn"]. ''Quill and Quire''.</ref>
*''[[Isobel Gunn (book)|Isobel Gunn]]'' – 1999<ref>[https://quillandquire.com/review/isobel-gunn/ "Book Review:Isabel Gunn"]. ''Quill and Quire''.</ref>
*''Tattycoram''
*''Tattycoram''
*''Local Customs'' - 2014
*''Local Customs'' – 2014


===Short stories===
===Short stories===


*''Ten Green Bottles'' - 1967
*''Ten Green Bottles'' – 1967
*''ladies and escorts'' - 1977
*''ladies and escorts'' – 1977
*''Real Mothers'' - 1981
*''Real Mothers'' – 1981
*''Two in the Bush and Other Stories'' - 1981
*''Two in the Bush and Other Stories'' – 1981
*''Goodbye Harold, Good Luck'' - 1986
*''Goodbye Harold, Good Luck'' – 1986
*''The Wild Blue Yonder'' - 1990
*''The Wild Blue Yonder'' – 1990
*''The Path of Totality'' - 2001
*''The Path of Totality'' – 2001


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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{{Marian Engel Award}}
{{Marian Engel Award}}

Revision as of 21:17, 13 August 2020

Audrey Grace Thomas, OC (née Callahan, born 17 November 1935)[1] is a Canadian novelist and short story writer who lives on Galiano Island, British Columbia. Her stories often have feminist themes and include exotic settings.[2] She is a recipient of the Marian Engel Award.

Biography

Born in Binghamton, New York, she immigrated in 1959 to Canada,[3] where she attended and later taught at the University of British Columbia. From 1964 to 1966 she lived in Ghana, and some of her stories are set there and in other distant places.[4][5] In 1987 she won the Marian Engel Award for her body of work.

Thomas lived in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1980s, and wrote articles for Saturday Night Magazine.[6]

She has three times received the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, for Intertidal Life (1984),[7] Wild Blue Yonder (1990), and Coming Down from Wa (1995). In 2008, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[8]

In 2014 she published her eighteenth book, Local Customs.[9]

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories

  • Ten Green Bottles – 1967
  • ladies and escorts – 1977
  • Real Mothers – 1981
  • Two in the Bush and Other Stories – 1981
  • Goodbye Harold, Good Luck – 1986
  • The Wild Blue Yonder – 1990
  • The Path of Totality – 2001

References

  1. ^ Reingard M. Nischik. The Canadian Short Story: Interpretations. Camden House; 2007. ISBN 978-1-57113-127-0, p. 247–.
  2. ^ Reingard M. Nischik. History of Literature in Canada: English-Canadian and French-Canadian. Camden House; 2008. ISBN 978-1-57113-359-5. p. 318–.
  3. ^ Eugene Benson and William Toye, eds, The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1997, p. 1113.
  4. ^ "Local Customs, by Audrey Thomas: Review". National Post, February 21, 2014
  5. ^ "Audrey Thomas" | Room Magazine.
  6. ^ Linda L. Richards, "Audrey Thomas", January Magazine.
  7. ^ Caroline Rosenthal. Narrative Deconstructions of Gender in Works by Audrey Thomas, Daphne Marlatt, and Louise Erdrich. Camden House; 2003. ISBN 978-1-57113-267-3. p. 29–.
  8. ^ "Governor General Announces New Appointments to the Order of Canada". Archived from the original on 8 September 2009.
  9. ^ "Local Customs: A take on 19th Century woman's death no so much a work of historical fiction as an act of channelling". Review by SARA O'LEARY, The Globe and Mail, 21 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Book Review:Isabel Gunn". Quill and Quire.
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