Alison Acheson

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Alison Acheson is a Canadian writer of fiction for adults and children.

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Biography

Acheson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. [1] In her youth she studied through both public school and correspondence school. [1] She left school just before her sixteenth birthday, and worked as a hairdresser, before enrolling in Langara College and the University of British Columbia to become a Bachelor of Arts and subsequently a Master of Fine Arts. [1]

Acheson has taught writing for children and pedagogy in the MFA program at UBC, and continues to teach extension courses in creative writing at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. [2] as well as from her own writing workshop site.[ citation needed ]

Acheson has three sons, with whom she lives in her home in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. [1] Her husband, Marty Hatlelid, died April 10, 2016. Acheson's memoir, Dance Me to the End: Ten Months and Ten Days with ALS, describes his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and the final months of his life, [3] and was a bestseller in British Columbia. [4]

Books and publications

In 1996, Coteau Books published Acheson's first book, Thunder Ice. Set in Ontario in the year 1870, it concerns the friendship of two cousins whose respective home towns are at conflict over the pending railway contract. Thunder Ice was a finalist for the Manitoba Young Readers award, the Red Cedar award, and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Readers. [5]

Subsequent publications include:

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References

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  2. "Bio". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. "Guitar Marty kept rockin' to the end". Delta Optimist. 22 April 2016. p. A7. ProQuest   1783655379.
  4. "B.C. Bestsellers". The Vancouver Sun. 26 October 2019. p. C9. ProQuest   2309142351.
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  6. Murdoch, Sarah (1 October 2019). "Five Canadians whose books you'll want to get to know better". The Toronto Star. ProQuest   2299861253.