Pauline Holdstock
Pauline Holdstock | |
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| Born | 1948 (age 75–76) England, United Kingdom |
Pauline Holdstock (born 1948) is a British-Canadian essayist and writer of historical fiction. Into the Heart of the Country, her seventh novel, was published in 2011.
Born in England, she came to Canada in 1974, and resides in Victoria, British Columbia. She gave birth to three girls and one boy Jessica, Silas, Leo and Sophie Holdstock.
Her 1987 novel The Blackbird's Song was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and her 2003 novel Beyond Measure was nominated for the Giller Prize.
Bibliography
Fiction
- The Blackbird's Song (1987), ISBN 0-88924-191-0
- The Burial Ground (1991), ISBN 0-921586-25-6
- House (1994), ISBN 0-88878-353-1
- Swimming from the Flames (1995), ISBN 0-88801-182-2
- The Turning (1996), ISBN 0-921586-53-1
- Beyond Measure (2003), ISBN 1-896951-49-X (published in the U.S. as A Rare and Curious Gift)
- Into the Heart of the Country (2011), ISBN 978-1-55468-634-6
Non-fiction
- Mortal Distractions (2004, essays), ISBN 1-894345-66-5
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