Pamela Korgemagi

Pamela Korgemagi is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel The Hunter and the Old Woman was published in 2021. ^[1] A graduate of the creative writing program at York University, she lives and works in Toronto, Ontario. ^[2]

The novel centres on the "Old Woman", a wild cougar who is being hunted by Joseph, a man from the nearby town who has been obsessed with hunting down the old woman since childhood, ^[3] and alternates between both the hunter's and the cougar's perspectives. ^[4]

The novel was a shortlisted finalist for the Trillium Book Award for English Prose in 2022. ^[5] La Promesse du chasseur, a French translation by Gabrielle Filteau-Chiba, was published in 2023. ^[6]

References

1. Deborah Dundas, "‘The Hunter and the Old Woman’ is the compelling story of a cougar and our relationship with the natural world". Toronto Star , August 6, 2021.
2. Robert Lee Brewer, "Pamela Korgemagi: On Trusting the Editorial Process". Writer's Digest , August 5, 2021.
3. Olivia Pellegrino, "Animals Within and Among". Canadian Literature , June 30, 2022.
4. Anna Maxymiw, "The Hunter and the Old Woman, by Pamela Korgemagi". Quill & Quire , July 2021.
5. Sadaf Ahsan, "Gothic stories, genre-defying memoirs among Trillium Book Award finalists" Archived 2022-06-18 at the Wayback Machine . Toronto Star , May 10, 2022.
6. Julie Roy, "Les meilleurs livres à lire en juin 2023". L'actualité , May 31, 2023.