Emily Urquhart
Emily Urquhart (born 1977) is a Canadian writer.[1] She is most noted for her 2022 book Ordinary Wonder Tales, which was a shortlisted finalist for the 2023 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[2]
Background[edit]
The daughter of artist Tony Urquhart and writer Jane Urquhart,[1] she did her undergraduate education at Queen's University, and worked as a freelance writer and book reviewer before completing her Ph.D. in folklore studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland.[3]
Writing career[edit]
Urquhart's first book, Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family and the Mystery of Our Hidden Genes, was published in 2015.[3] A memoir of her experience giving birth to a daughter who was diagnosed with albinism,[3] the book was shortlisted for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction in 2016.[4]
In 2020 she published The Age of Creativity: Art, Memory, My Father and Me, a memoir of her childhood experiences learning about art from her father.[5]
Ordinary Wonder Tales, a collection of essays about the intersection between memory and cultural folklore, was published in fall 2022.[6]
Urquhart currently teaches creative writing at the University of Waterloo.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Sue Carter, "Emily Urquhart has proof that people stay creative as they get older: her artist father Tony Urquhart, still working at 86". Toronto Star, September 7, 2020.
- ^ Brad Wheeler, "Shortlist for $75,000 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction includes past winner John Vaillant, scholar Christina Sharpe". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 2023.
- ^ a b c Sue Carter, "Family inheritance: Emily Urquhart’s search for a cultural understanding of genetics". Quill & Quire, March 2015.
- ^ "Short list announced for B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction". Vancouver Sun, December 9, 2015.
- ^ Megan Cole, "Megan Cole Reviews Emily Urquhart’s The Age of Creativity: Art, Memory, My Father and Me". Hamilton Review of Books, November 16, 2020.
- ^ Robert J. Wiersema, "Fairy Tales aren’t just for kids: Emily Urquhart on the stories we tell ourselves". Toronto Star, November 24, 2022.
- ^ Isabel Buckmaster, "Kitchener author's new book finds wonder in the ordinary". CityNews Kitchener, December 1, 2022.
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- Queen's University at Kingston alumni
- Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Waterloo
- Writers from Kitchener, Ontario