Cynthia Holz
Cynthia Holz (born 1950 in New York City, United States) is an American-born Canadian author.[1] She graduated in English in 1971 from Queens College, City University of New York.[1] She moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1976 while working as the Canadian correspondent for Business Week magazine.[2] She began publishing short stories in 1980 in literary journals[3] and anthologies such as The Malahat Review and The Fiddlehead.[2] She has written essays and book reviews for The Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen, Quill & Quire and the National Post.[2] She has published five novels and one collection of short stories. Her latest novel, Benevolence, was released in Spring 2011 by Knopf Canada.[4]
She spent almost twenty years teaching creative writing at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).[2]
Bibliography[edit]
Novels[edit]
- Onlyville, The Porcupine's Quill, 1994, ISBN 0-88984-178-0
- The Other Side, Second Story Press, 1997, ISBN 1-896764-01-0
- Semi Detached, Key Porter Books, 1999, ISBN 1-894433-00-9 (also published in England by Piatkus Publishers, 2000, ISBN 0-7499-3207-4)
- A Good Man, Thomas Allen Publishers, 2003, ISBN 0-88762-118-X
- Benevolence, Knopf Canada, 2011, ISBN 0-307-39889-7
Short stories[edit]
- Home Again, Random House Canada, 1989, ISBN 0-394-22031-5
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lumley, Elizabeth (2006). Canadian Who's Who Volume XLI. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 608. ISBN 0-8020-4054-3.
- ^ a b c d "Cynthia Holz | Authors at Harbourfront Centre". Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ Jason Sherman (8 April 1989). "Holz shows lives in turmoil". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ^ "Book Review: Benevolence, by Cynthia Holz". Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
External links[edit]
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
 | This article about a Canadian writer or poet is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |