Jacqueline Baker

Last updated
Jacqueline Baker
Born Saskatchewan
Occupationnovelist
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s-present
Notable worksA Hard Witching, The Horseman's Graves, The Broken Hours

Jacqueline Baker is a Canadian writer. Originally from the Sand Hills region of southwestern Saskatchewan, [1] she studied creative writing at the University of Victoria and the University of Alberta. [1]

Her debut short story collection, A Hard Witching, was published in 2003. [2] It was shortlisted for that year's Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, [3] and won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award [4] and the Alberta Book Award for short fiction. [5]

Her first novel, The Horseman's Graves, was published in 2007. [6] Her most recent novel is The Broken Hours, a ghost story about the final days of H. P. Lovecraft's life, in 2014. [7]

She teaches creative writing at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Reaching out for connections". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , March 22, 2003.
  2. ↑ "A crash course in storytelling: If you have to ask, you'll never know". Ottawa Citizen , February 9, 2003.
  3. ↑ "Literary awards announce finalists". The Globe and Mail , February 4, 2004.
  4. ↑ "Best first; Gulf scribe; killer babes". Vancouver Sun , June 5, 2004.
  5. ↑ "Calgary author collects second book prize". Calgary Herald , April 18, 2004.
  6. ↑ "Bewitched". Quill & Quire , Fall 2007.
  7. 1 2 "Haunting a master of horror; Novelist built her tale around the final days of H.P. Lovecraft". Edmonton Journal , September 19, 2014.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.