Bonnie Bowman

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Bonnie Bowman
Occupationnovelist
Nationality Canadian
Period2000s-present
Notable worksSkin, Spaz

Bonnie Bowman is a Canadian writer, who won the Three-Day Novel Contest in 1999 [1] and the ReLit Award for Fiction in 2000 [2] for her debut novel Skin.

Originally from Toronto, Ontario, [3] Bowman lived for several years in British Columbia, where she worked as a journalist for publications including the Esquimalt News. [1] Her second novel, Spaz, was published in 2010, [4] and her writing has also been published in The Vancouver Review, subTerrain and Reader's Digest , and in the anthologies Exact Fare Only I and Body Breakdowns. [4]

She is currently based in Toronto, [4] where she also performs as a musician. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Author met deadline by skin of her teeth". Victoria Times-Colonist , September 10, 2000.
  2. "ReLit winners named: Inaugural year for literary award". The Telegram , June 17, 2001.
  3. "Skin the result of three-day ordeal". The Globe and Mail , July 1, 2000.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Bonnie Bowman: Novelist". The Rusty Toque, October 21, 2011.