Sandra Birdsell

Sandra Birdsell

Sandra Louise Birdsell (née Bartlette) (born 22 April 1942) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer of Métis and Mennonite heritage.

Born in Hamiota, Manitoba, she studied at the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba, where she studied under Robert Kroetsch.

In 1996, she moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, where she currently resides.

In January 2007, Birdsell began a four month term as the Carol Shields writer in residence at the University of Winnipeg. [http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/cms-filesystem-action?file=pdfs/media-releases/release-070206-2.pdf]

Bibliography

*"Night Travellers", 1984 (winner of the Gerald Lampert Award)
*"Ladies of the House", 1984
*"Agassiz Stories", 1987
*"The Missing Child", 1989 (winner of the 1990 Books in Canada First Novel Award)
*"The Chrome Suite", 1992 (shortlisted for a Governor General's Award)
*"The Two-Headed Calf", 1997 (shortlisted for a Governor General's Award)
*"The Town That Floated Away", 1997
*"The Russländer", 2001
*"Children of the Day", 2005 (longlisted for the 2007 IMPAC Award)

External links

* [http://www.sandrabirdsell.com/ Sandra Birdsell]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0010914 Sandra Birdsell's] entry in [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1 The Canadian Encyclopedia]


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