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Joan Barfoot is the award-winning author of 11 novels, ranging from Abra, which won the Books in Canada (now Amazon) prize for first novels, to Critical Injuries, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Trillium Award, to Luck, shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Her work, which reviewers have variously called ‘harrowing and hilarious’, and ‘gloriously subversive’, has been compared internationally to the fictions of Carol Shields, Anne Tyler, Margaret Atwood and Margaret Drabble, and also include Dancing in the Dark, which was adapted into an award-winning Canadian entry in the Cannes, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals, Duet for Three, Family News, Plain Jane, Charlotte and Claudia Keeping in Touch, Some Things About Flying, Getting Over Edgar, and Exit Lines.

A recipient of the Marian Engel Award, she has also been a journalist during much of her career. She lives in London, Ontario, Canada.


Publishing History:

ABRA

DANCING IN THE DARK

DUET FOR THREE

FAMILY NEWS

PLAIN JANE

CHARLOTTE AND CLAUDIA KEEPING IN TOUCH

SOME THINGS ABOUT FLYING

GETTING OVER EDGAR

CRITICAL INJURIES

LUCK

EXIT LINES


Translations include French, German, Italian, Russian, and various Scandinavian languages. In English, the novels have been published in the U.S. and U.K., as well as Canada.


 
Professional Activities, Awards:

Shortlisted, 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize

Longlisted, Man Booker Prize, 2002

Shortlisted, Trillium Book Award, 2001

Marian Engel Award.

Books in Canada First Novel Award.

Honorary doctorate, Western University, 2013.

Huron University College Medal of Distinction, 2005.

London YM-YWCA Women of Distinction Award, 1986.

Member: Writers' Union of Canada and P.E.N. Canada


Links to Book Reviews:
  Exit Lines
Exit Lines
  Exit Lines
Exit Lines
 
Luck
Luck
  Critical Injuries book cover image
Critical Injuries
  Abra
Abra
Dancing in the Dark
Dancing in the Dark
  DuetForThree
Duet for Three
  Family News
Family News
PlainJane
Plain Jane
Charlotte and Claudia Keeping in Touch
Charlotte and Claudia
Keeping in Touch
Some Things About Flying
Some Things About Flying
Getting Over Edgar
Getting Over Edgar
Why I Write Fiction Frequently Asked Questions An Interview with Joan Email Joan

Chapters Indigo
Chapters Indigo
Amazon.ca
Amazon Canada

Penguin Random House
Amazon Kindle Store
Amazon Kindle Store
Kobo
Kobo

 

For bound copies of certain novels, contact Joan via email.