Canadian author, Katherine Govier was born on July 4, 1948 in Edmonton, Canada. She attended the University of Alberta and York University where she studied English Literature.
She has published several novels and short story collections. She won the City of Toronto Book Award for Hearts of Flame in 1992. She was shortlisted for both the Trillium Award for Immaculate Conception Photography Gallery and Books in Canada, WH Smith First Novel Award, for Random Descent. In 1997 she received Canada's Marian Engel Award for a woman writer in mid-career in 1997.
She currently resides in Toronto, Canada.
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