Alice Zorn

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Alice Zorn is a Canadian author.

Biography

Originally from Hamilton, Ontario, Zorn now lives in Montreal, Quebec. [1] She is known as the author of various short stories published in a wide variety of Canadian magazines, as well as the collection of short stories Ruins & Relics (2009) and the novels Arrhythmia (2011) and Five Roses (2016). [2]

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Zorn has published pieces of fiction in magazines including The New Quarterly , Room of One's Own , and Grain. [1] One of her stories placed first in the Prairie Fire fiction contest in 2006 and 2011. [3] [4] Her first book, Ruins & Relics , a short story collection published by NeWest Press in March 2009, was a finalist for the 2009 Quebec Writers' Federation's McAuslan First Book Prize. [5] [6] [7] Zorn has also participated in the Banff Writing Studio and the Quebec Federation Mentorship Program. [3] Her first novel, Arrhythmia , was published in May 2011. [8] [9] [10] Zorn's second novel, Five Roses, was published in July 2016 by Dundurn Press. [11] [12]

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