Pauline Holdstock
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Pauline Holdstock is a British
-Canadian
essayist and writer of historical fiction
. Into the Heart of the Country, her seventh novel, was published in 2011.
Born in England
, she came to Canada in 1974, and resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Her 1987 novel The Blackbird's Song was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award
, and her 2003 novel Beyond Measure was nominated for the Giller Prize.
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United Kingdom
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-Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
essayist and writer of historical fiction
Historical fiction
Historical fiction tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional...
. Into the Heart of the Country, her seventh novel, was published in 2011.
Born in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, she came to Canada in 1974, and resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Her 1987 novel The Blackbird's Song was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award
Books in Canada First Novel Award
The Amazon.ca First Novel Award, formerly the Books in Canada First Novel Award, is a literary award given annually to the best first novel in English published the previous year by a citizen or resident of Canada. It has been awarded since 1976....
, and her 2003 novel Beyond Measure was nominated for the Giller Prize.
Fiction
- The Blackbird's Song (1987), ISBN 0-88924-191-0
- The Burial Ground (1991), ISBN 0-921586-25-6
- House (1994), ISBN 0-88878-353-1
- Swimming from the Flames (1995), ISBN 0-88801-182-2
- The Turning (1996), ISBN 0-921586-53-1
- Beyond Measure (2003), ISBN 1-896951-49-X (published in the U.S. as A Rare and Curious Gift)
- Into the Heart of the Country (2011), ISBN 978-1554686346
Non-fiction
- Mortal Distractions (2004, essays), ISBN 1-894345-66-5
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