![]() ![]() In between these two collections, Hay published two creative nonfiction works: The Only Snow in Havana (1992) and Captivity Tales: Canadians in New York (1993).Ī Student of Weather, Elizabeth Hay's first NOVEL, appeared in 2000. Small Change includes the story "Hand Games," which won a Western Magazine Award, a National Magazine Award Gold Medal, and the JOURNEY PRIZE, when it was originally published in the CAPILANO REVIEW. A second collection, Small Change (1997), received high praise and was short-listed for many major awards, including the GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD for Fiction. She has also taught creative writing at universities in Canada and the United States.Įlizabeth Hay's first collection of SHORT FICTION, Crossing the Snow Line, was published in 1989. ![]() Travel and her work as a journalist took Hay to Yellowknife, Winnipeg, Toronto, Latin America, and New York City before she settled in Ottawa. Elizabeth Hay grew up in what she calls "small town Ontario." She attended the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, and spent a number of years as a broadcaster for the CBC. Award-winning writer Elizabeth Hay's work reflects the Canadian fascination with the weather, a plot device that can either unite or divide the characters in her stories (photo by Thies Bogner).Įlizabeth Hay, writer (born at Owen Sound, Ont 1951). ![]()
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