Audrey Grace Thomas (née Callahan; born 17 November 1935) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer who lives on Galiano Island, British Columbia. Her stories often have feminist themes and include exotic settings. She is a recipient of the Marian Engel Award and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Life, education and career

Thomas was born 17 November 1935 in Binghamton, New York. then studied at St. Andrews University in Scotland before teaching in England. where she received a Master of Arts degree from University of British Columbia in 1963.

Thomas lived in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1980s, and wrote articles for Saturday Night Magazine.

Beginning in 1990, Thomas was a visiting professor at Concordia University in Montreal.

Awards and honours

From 1984 to 1986, Thomas received the Canada-Scotland Writer's Literary Fellowship,

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!Year

!Title

!Award

!Result

!Ref.

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|1966

|"If One Green Bottle..."

|Atlantic First Award

|Winner

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|1984

|Intertidal Life

|Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

|Finalist

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|1990

|Wild Blue Yonder

|Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize

|Winner

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|2006

|Tattycoram

|Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize

|Shortlist

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Bibliography

Novels

  • Mrs. Blood – 1970
  • Munchmeyer and Prospero on the Island – 1971
  • Songs My Mother Taught Me – 1973
  • Blown Figures – 1974
  • Latakia – 1979
  • Intertidal Life – 1984
  • Graven Images – 1993
  • Coming Down from Wa – 1995
  • Isobel Gunn – 1999
  • Tattycoram
  • Local Customs – 2014

Short stories

  • Ten Green Bottles – 1967
  • Ladies and Escorts – 1977
  • Real Mothers – 1981
  • Two in the Bush and Other Stories – 1981
  • Goodbye Harold, Good Luck – 1986
  • The Wild Blue Yonder – 1990
  • The Path of Totality – 2001

References

  • The archives of Audrey Thomas (Thomas Audrey fonds, R11818) are held at Library and Archives Canada