Connie Gault (born March 6, 1949) is a Canadian novelist, playwright and short story writer.[1] She is best known for her novel A Beauty, which was a longlisted nominee for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[2]
Connie Gault | |
|---|---|
| Born | Connie Hatley March 6, 1949 Central Butte, Saskatchewan |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 1980s-present |
| Notable works | Sky, Euphoria, A Beauty |
| Spouse | Gordon Gault |
Background
editBorn Connie Hatley in Central Butte, Saskatchewan,[1] she was raised in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta by parents in the Royal Canadian Air Force.[1] Her family later settled back in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where she later married her husband Gordon Gault.[1] They moved to Regina in 1974, where Connie Gault received a degree from the University of Regina in 1984.[1]
Writing
editGault published her first short story in Grain in 1981.[1] She has since published two volumes of short stories, as well as publishing stories in literary magazines and anthologies.[1] Her debut short story collection Some of Eve's Daughters won a Saskatchewan Writers' Guild award, and her second collection Inspection of a Small Village won a City of Regina Book Award.[1]
Her plays have been produced by theatre companies in Saskatchewan and Alberta,[1] and have been broadcast on CBC Radio and the BBC World Service.[1]
Her first novel Euphoria was published by Coteau Books in 2009, and won that year's Saskatchewan Book Award.[1] A Beauty followed in 2015.
She was also a fiction editor of Grain in the 1990s.[1]
Works
editShort story collections
edit- Some of Eve's Daughters (1987)
- Inspection of a Small Village (1996)
Plays
edit- Sky (1989)
- The Soft Eclipse (1990)
- Otherwise Bob (1999)
- Red Lips (2002)
Novels
edit- Euphoria (2009)
- A Beauty (2015)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Connie Gault at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Scotiabank Giller Prize jury delivers surprising longlist". Quill & Quire, September 9, 2015.