Keith Oatley FRSC, FBPsS (16 March 1939) is an Anglo-Canadian novelist, and professor emeritus of cognitive psychology at the University of Toronto.[1] His novel The Case of Emily V won the 1994 Commonwealth Prize for first novel.

Life

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Born in London, he was awarded a First in Psychology from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in Psychology from University College London. He completed a post-doctoral year in Engineering in Medicine at Imperial College London. He moved to Canada in 1990.[2]

Works

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  • The Case of Emily V. Secker & Warburg. 1993. ISBN 978-0-436-32602-8.; Keith Oatley, 2007, ISBN 978-1-929355-30-3
  • A natural history: a novel, Viking, 1998, ISBN 978-0-670-88167-3
  • Therefore Choose, Goose Lane Editions, 2010, ISBN 978-0-86492-616-6

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