Kate Sterns

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Kate Sterns is a Canadian writer.

Biography

Born in Toronto Ontario, she now lives in Montreal, Quebec. [1] She credits Grace Paley and Anton Chekhov as early influences. [2]

Her first novel, Thinking About Magritte, has been described as a "pool of brightly tinted cartoon images," and centred on Midnight Cowboy, who lives in Limestone, and whose fantasies about his dead mother bring her back to life. [3] Her second novel, Down There By The Train, [4] featured a hero named Levon Hawke recovering from the tragic death of his younger sister. It was a finalist for the Quebec Writers' Federation Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2001. [5]

Her radio plays The Bagel Philosopher and Once in a Blue Moon were broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

She is an assistant professor of Creative Writing at Concordia University. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kate Sterns". Quebec Writers' Federation Literary Database.
  2. ↑ "Concordia University interview with Kate Sterns". youtube.com.
  3. ↑ "Thinking About Magritte". publishersweekly.com.
  4. ↑ "Down There By The Train". publishersweekly.com.
  5. ↑ "Quebec Writers' Federation database". qwf.org.
  6. ↑ "Concordia University English Department". english.concordia.ca.


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