Ann Charney
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Ann Charney is a novelist, short story writer and journalist who has received awards both for her fiction and non-fiction, including two National Magazine Awards, the Chatelaine Fiction Prize, and the Canadian Authors’ Association Prize. Her work has been published in Canada and the US as well as in France, Germany and Italy. Her latest novel, ROUSSEAU’S GARDEN, published by Permanent Press in the US and Véhicule Press in Canada, was published in France in June 2004 by Sabine Wespieser Éditeur.
Ann Charney is the author of DOBRYD, a novel reissued in Canada by Douglas & McIntyre in l995 and published in the US in l996 by Permanent Press. Her short stories have appeared in Ms. Magazine, Chatelaine, Paris Transcontinental, Saturday Night, Descant, The Canadian Forum, The Queen’s Quarterly and other publications.
A selection of her non-fiction writing, DEFIANCE IN THEIR EYES: TRUE STORIES FROM THE MARGINS, was published by Véhicule Press in l995. It was a finalist for the Mavis Gallant Non-Fiction Award in 1996. Her non-fiction has appeared in leading Canadian and US magazines; it has been selected for inclusion in BEST CANADIAN ESSAYS; GOING SOME PLACE: CREATIVE NON-FICTION ACROSS CANADA, and the UTNE REVIEW. She has been a columnist for Maclean’s Magazine, and a frequent contributor to Saturday Night. Her book reviews have appeared in The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The Gazette, Books in Canada, The London Times Book Review.
