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Jacqueline Baker

ジャクリーン・ベイカー

Jakurīn Beikā

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
Sand Hills region of southwestern Saskatchewan
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
Saskatchewan → Edmonton, Alberta

Career

Occupations
novelist
Active Years
2000-2024
Affiliations
MacEwan University
Nominations
Writers' Trust Fiction Prize shortlist

Education

University of Victoria
Creative Writing
Country: Canada
University of Alberta
Creative Writing
Country: Canada

Awards

Danuta Gleed Literary Award
2004
Work: A Hard Witching
Category: short fiction
Result: winner
Alberta Book Award
2004
Work: A Hard Witching
Category: short fiction
Organization: Alberta
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Hard Witching

2003 short story collection

Debut short story collection

The Horseman's Graves

2007 novel

First novel

The Broken Hours

2014 novel

A ghost story about the final days of H. P. Lovecraft's life

Legacy

Canadian novelist known for her short story collection and novels, winner of literary awards, teaches creative writing.

Trivia

  • Originally from the Sand Hills region of southwestern Saskatchewan.