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| Born | May 23, 1978 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
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Rebecca Rosenblum (born May 23, 1978) is a Canadian author best known for her short stories.
Rosenblum was born in Hamilton, Ontario. She attended McGill University and received her Honours Bachelor of English in 2001, and in 2007 she graduated from the University of Toronto with a Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing. [1]
In November 2007, Rosenblum was awarded the Metcalf-Rooke Award for Once, a collection of short stories. Once was officially launched on September 15, 2008, by Canadian press Biblioasis. [1]
In February 2008, Rosenblum was announced as one of three finalists for the Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize, which is awarded annually to a new and developing writer of distinction for a short story published in a Canadian literary journal in the previous year. In Spring 2009, Rosenblum was a juror for the Journey Prize 21.
In May 2009, Once was one of three finalists for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. In the summer of that year, Once was longlisted for the Relit Award, and her short story "Linh Lai" was a finalist for the Canadian National Magazine Awards.
In March 2017, Rosenblum released her first novel titled So Much Love.
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