Billie Livingston

Billie Livingston (born 23 November 1965) is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Livingston grew up in Toronto and Vancouver, British Columbia. She lives in Vancouver.

Her critically acclaimed first novel,Going Down Swinging (2000), was followed by The Chick at the Back of the Church (2001), a poetry book that was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award. Her second novel, Cease to Blush, was published in 2006 and subsequently chosen as one of the year's best books by The Globe and Mail, January Magazine, and The Tyee.

Her short fiction has been widely published in magazines and anthologies, including The Walrus, Toronto Life Magazine, The Journey Prize Stories, and This Magazine where it has been twice awarded in The Great Canadian Literary Hunt. She has also won fiction prizes from PRISM international, sub-TERRAIN, The Fiddlehead, Other Voices and The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts. Livingston's debut collection, Greedy Little Eyes, was cited by The Globe and Mail as one of 2010's best books and by The Georgia Straight as one of the fifteen most outstanding books of the year. In 2011 Greedy Little Eyes won the CBC's Bookie Award as well as the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for Best Short Story Collection.

In addition to publications in journals and magazines around the world, Livingston's poetry has appeared in textbooks such as Literature and the Writing Process and on public transit through the TransLink "Poetry in Transit" program. She has received fellowships from The Banff Centre, MacDowell Colony, the Seaside Institute, Ucross Foundation and Omi International Arts Center.

She is married to American actor Tim Kelleher.

Bibliography

Fiction

• Greedy Little Eyes (2010) Winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, Winner of the CBC Bookie Award
• Cease to Blush (2006)
• Going Down Swinging (2000)

Young adult fiction

• The Trouble with Marlene (Annick Press, 2010)

Poetry

• The Chick at the Back of the Church (2001) Finalist for the Pat Lowther Award

Anthologies

• Literature and the Writing Process--Cdn Edition (Pearson, 2005)
• Northwest Edge: Fictions of Mass Destruction (Chiasmus Press, 2003)
• Dropped Threads 2 (Vintage Books, 2003)
• Love Poems for the Media Age (Ripple Effect Press, 2001)
• Journey Prize Anthology (McClelland and Stewart, 2001)
• Hammer and Tongs (Smoking Lung Press, 1999)
• The Edges of Time (Seraphim Editions, 1999)
• Meltwater (Banff Centre Press, 1999)

External links

• Billie Livingston
• Author Spotlight on the Random House website.
• Georgia Straight writers choose 15 outstanding books of 2010
• The 2010 Globe 100: Canadian fiction
• Short Story Do Not Touch online at The Walrus
• Author Interview on line at Bookclub.ca
• CBC Book Club Bookie Awards
• Online Audio Interview at the The Commentary with Joseph Planta
• Author Q&A at the National Post
• National Post announces nominees for Danuta Gleed Literary Award
• Billie Livingston Wins Danuta Gleed - National Post