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Marion Quednau

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Marion Quednau (born 1952) is a Canadian author, poet and children's writer who lives in British Columbia.[1] Her novel, The Butterfly Chair, won the 1987 Books in Canada First Novel Award.[2]

Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was educated at the University of Toronto.[3] She subsequently moved to Western Canada, working for the Winnipeg Free Press and later for the feminist magazine Branching Out before settling in British Columbia.[3]

She published the poetry collection Kissing: Selected Chronicles in 1999, for which she won the League of Canadian Poets Chapbook Award.[4] Her 2009 poem "Paradise, Later Years" won a gold medal for The Malahat Review, as well as winning the poetry category in the Canadian National Magazine Awards in 2010.[5] It was later the title poem for her second poetry collection, Paradise, Later Years (2018).[6]

She has also published the children's novel The Gift of Odin (2007),[7] and the short story collection Sunday Drive to Gun Club Road (2021).[8] Sunday Drive to Gun Club Road was shortlisted for the ReLit Award for short fiction in 2022.[9]

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  1. ^ Rod Currie, "Mission woman wins book prize". Vancouver Sun, April 2, 1988.
  2. ^ H. J. Kirchhoff, "Butterfly Chair soars into winner's circle". The Globe and Mail, April 1, 1988.
  3. ^ a b Ken Adachi, "Quednau takes award with stirring first novel". Toronto Star, April 3, 1988.
  4. ^ "Trio of poets kick off Blue Moon Series". Abbotsford News, August 3, 2006.
  5. ^ Christina Toth, "Mission's Quednau wins national prize". Abbotsford Times, June 18, 2010.
  6. ^ Michael Gurney, "Playhouse seeks to fill board gaps: Art Beat". The Coast Reporter, April 29, 2022.
  7. ^ Amy Ma, "Pet lovers will love Tammy and her pig: The Gift of Odin". Toronto Star, March 22, 2007.
  8. ^ Rik Jespersen, "New story collection a finely crafted set". The Coast Reporter, September 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "Short fiction from Norma Dunning, David Huebert, Alix Ohlin among works shortlisted for 2022 ReLit Awards". CBC Books, May 9, 2022.