Kate Sterns is a Canadian writer.
Biography
editBorn in Toronto Ontario, she now lives in Montreal, Quebec.[1] She credits Grace Paley and Anton Chekhov as early influences.[2]
Her first novel, Thinking About Magritte, has been described as a "pool of brightly tinted cartoon images," and centred on Midnight Cowboy, who lives in Limestone, and whose fantasies about his dead mother bring her back to life.[3] Her second novel, Down There By The Train,[4] featured a hero named Levon Hawke recovering from the tragic death of his younger sister. It was a finalist for the Quebec Writers' Federation Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2001.[5]
Her radio plays The Bagel Philosopher and Once in a Blue Moon were broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
She is an assistant professor of Creative Writing at Concordia University.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Kate Sterns". Quebec Writers' Federation Literary Database.
- ^ "Concordia University interview with Kate Sterns". youtube.com. 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Thinking About Magritte". publishersweekly.com.
- ^ "Down There By The Train". publishersweekly.com.
- ^ "Quebec Writers' Federation database". qwf.org.
- ^ "Concordia University English Department". english.concordia.ca.
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