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Lauren B. Davis (née Cargill) is a Canadian writer. She is best known for her novels Our Daily Bread and The Empty Room, a semi-autobiographical novel about alcoholism.
Lauren B. Davis | |
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 Davis in 2015 | |
| Born | Lauren Beverley Cargill September 5, 1955 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | US/Canadian |
| Period | Present |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Notable works | The Grimoire of Kensington Market; Against a Darkening Sky; The Empty Room; Our Daily Bread; The Radiant City; The Stubborn Season |
| Website | |
| laurenbdavis | |
Biography
editBorn in Montreal, Quebec, on September 5, 1955, Davis lived in France for over a decade (1994-2004), and now resides in Princeton, New Jersey.
Early in her career, Davis was mentored by Timothy Findley, at the Humber College School for Writers, where she went on to be a mentor (2007-2009). She was past European editor for the Literary Review of Canada from 1999 to 2002.
Davis has been a mentor with the Humber College School for Writers and Guelph University's MFA program. She taught fiction writing at the WICE (Paris); the American University of Paris; the Geneva Writers' Conference; and Seattle University's Writers' Conference in Allihies, Ireland. Davis has also lectured on writing at Trent University, Rider University, Humber College and The Paris Writers' Workshop.[1] Davis ran a community writing program in Princeton called Sharpening the Quill from 2006-2018.
Accolades
editDavis is the recipient of two Mid-Career Writer Sustaining grants from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2000 and 2006. Her short fiction[clarification needed] has also been shortlisted for the CBC Literary Awards.
The Stubborn Season (2002) was chosen for the Robert Adams Lecture Series and named one of the best-selling books of the year by Amazon.ca. The lecture lecture was televised on TVOntario's program Imprint.[citation needed]
The Radiant City (2005) was a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.[citation needed]
The Empty Room (2007) was named one of the best books of the year by the Toronto Star, The Globe & Mail, and the Winnipeg Free Press.[citation needed]
An Unrehearsed Desire (2008) was longlisted for the ReLit Awards.[citation needed]
Our Daily Bread (2011) was long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize,[citation needed] listed in "The Globe 100: The Very Best Books of 2011" by The Globe and Mail,[2] and included in the "Best Fiction Books of 2011" by The Boston Globe.[3]
The Grimoire of Kensington Market (2018) was listed on "The Globe 100: Our favourite books of 2018" by The Globe and Mail[4] and was short-listed for the Canadian Authors Association Fred Kerner Award.[5]
Even So (2022) was named one of the "Best Books of the Year" by the Quill & Quire.[citation needed]
Personal life
editDavis currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey with her husband, Ron Davis (a Zurich Financial executive) and their dog, Bailey The Rescuepoo.
Davis is a recovering alcoholic. She wrote about her addiction in a 2009 essay entitled "When There's No Sky Left."[6]
Bibliography
edit- Rat Medicine and Other Unlikely Curatives. Oakville, ON: Mosaic. 2000.
- The Stubborn Season. Toronto: HarperCollins Canada. 2002.
- The Radiant City. Toronto: HarperCollins Canada. 2005. (Short-listed for the Roger's Writers' Trust Fiction Prize)
- An Unrehearsed Desire. Toronto: Exile Editions Canada. 2008. (Long-listed for the Re-Lit Prize)
- Our Daily Bread. Wordcraft of Oregon. 2011. (Long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize)
- The Empty Room. HarperCollins Canada. 2013. (named as one of the Best Books of the Year by the National Post and The Winnipeg Free Press)
- Against A Darkening Sky. HarperAvenue Canada. 2015.
- The Grimoire of Kensington Market. Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd. 2018.
- Even So. Dundurn Press. 2022.
References
edit- ^ Donnelly, Pat (12 March 2005). "The Radiant City takes readers on a trip to Paris: Insightful Novel tells story of an expatriate Canadian journalist". The Gazette.
- ^ "The Globe 100: The very best books of 2011". The Globe and Mail. 2011. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ^ "Best fiction books of 2011". The Boston Globe. 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "The Globe 100: Our favourite books of 2018". The Globe and Mail. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2019 Fred Kerner Book Award Winner and Shortlist". Canadian Authors Association. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Davis, Lauren B. (24 February 2009). "When There's No Sky Left". Lauren B. Davis official website. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2024.