Elizabeth Harvor
Elisabeth Harvor grew up in the Kennebecasis River Valley on the Canadian east coast. She has two sons, and is currently living in Ottawa. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Prism International, The Malahat Review, The Hudson Review, The American Voice, Our Generation Against Nuclear War, and many other periodicals, and has been anthologized in Canada, the US and Europe. She was the winner of the Lampert Award for her first poetry book, Fortress of Chairs, in 1992; first prize in the League of Canadian Poets’ National Poetry Competition in 1989 and 1991; the Confederation Poets’ Prize in 1991 and 1992, and the Alden Nowlan Award in 2000. She has taught in writing programs at Concordia University, York University, The Humber School for Writers, and has also been Writer-in-Residence at universities and libraries across Canada. Her first novel, Excessive Joy Injures the Heart, was chosen one of the ten best books of the year by The Toronto Star in 2000. Her story collections are Our Lady of All the Distances, If Only We Could Drive Like This Forever, and Let Me Be the One, chosen one of the ten best books of the year by The Toronto Star and The Saint John Telegraph Journal and, after its distribution in the US, one of the best books of 1997 for the Librarians’ Choice Awards in Cleveland, Ohio. Let Me Be the One was also a finalist for the Governor General’s Award.
Books by Elizabeth Harvor
Long Cold Green Evenings of Spring, The
If Only We Could Drive Like This Forever