Susan Musgrave

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Susan Musgrave
Born (1951-03-12) March 12, 1951 (age 72)
Santa Cruz, California
OccupationAuthor, poet
GenrePoetry, fiction, children's literature
Spouse
(m. 1986;died 2018)

Susan Musgrave (born March 12, 1951) is a Canadian poet and children's writer. She was born in Santa Cruz, California, to Canadian parents, and currently[ when? ] lives in British Columbia, dividing her time between Sidney and Haida Gwaii. She has been nominated several times for Canada's Governor General literary awards. [1]

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Musgrave left school at 14, and had her first works published at 16. [1] In 1986, at a wedding held in prison, [1] she married Stephen Reid, a writer, convicted bank robber and former member of the infamous band of thieves known as the Stopwatch Gang. Their relationship was chronicled in 1999 in the CBC series The Fifth Estate . [2]

Musgrave defended Al Purdy's collection of poetry, Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems, 1962–1996, in Canada Reads 2006 , a nationally broadcast radio "battle of the books" competition. [3]

She currently[ when? ] teaches creative writing in the University of British Columbia's optional residency Master of Fine Arts program.[ citation needed ]

Musgrave's archives are held by the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections at McMaster University.[ citation needed ]

Her book Exculpatory Lilies was shortlisted for the 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize. [4]

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Fiction

Non-fiction

Children's literature

Compiled or edited by Musgrave

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  4. CBC Books (June 8, 2023). "American poet Roger Reeves wins $130K Griffin Poetry Prize for best poetry book in the world". CBC.ca . Archived from the original on December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
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  6. Lori Culbert (June 5, 2006). "Ode to the Missing But Not Forgotten". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006. Retrieved December 12, 2022 via Vancouver Eastside Missing Women.