Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (2018) Winner
Pauline Dakin
ポーリン・デイキン
Pōrin Deikin
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1965
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Nova Scotia
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Professor
- Active Years
- 1990-2025
- Affiliations
- CBC News, University of King's College
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Edna Staebler Award | Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood | creative non-fiction | Wilfrid Laurier University | Winner |
Edna Staebler Award
2018
Work:
Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
Category:
creative non-fiction
Organization:
Wilfrid Laurier University
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
2017 Creative non-fictionA memoir recounting her childhood of frequent moves with her mother after her parents' separation. Initially believed to be witness protection due to her father's organized crime involvement, it was later revealed that the moves were due to her mother's boyfriend Stan Sears suffering from delusional disorder.
Family secretsDelusional disorderChildhood traumaLack of trust
Bibliography
- Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Memoir styleJournalistic narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Fugitive lifeFamilial deception
Legacy
Canadian journalist and author who won the Edna Staebler Award in 2018. Transitioned from CBC News radio and television producer to professor and associate director in the journalism program at the University of King's College.
Trivia
- Believed her family was in witness protection from organized crime during childhood, but discovered in her early 20s it was due to her mother's boyfriend's delusional disorder.