- Cynthia Holz
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Cynthia Holz (born 1950 in New York City, New York, United States) is an American-born Canadian author.[1] She graduated in English in 1971 from the City University of New York.[1] She moved to Toronto, Canada in 1976 while working as the Canadian correspondent for Business Week magazine.[2] She began publishing short stories in 1980 in literary journals[3] and anthologies such as The Malahat Review and The Fiddlehead.[2] She has written essays and book reviews for The Globe and Mail, The Ottawa Citizen, Quill & Quire and The National Post.[2] She has published five novels and one collection of short stories. Her latest novel, Benevolence, was released in Spring 2011 by Knopf Canada.[4]
She spent almost twenty years teaching creative writing at Ryerson University.[2]
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Bibliography
Novels
- Onlyville, The Porcupine’s Quill, 1994, ISBN 0-88984-178-0
- The Other Side, Second Story Press, 1997, ISBN 1-89676-401-0
- Semi Detached, Key Porter Books, 1999, ISBN 1-89443-300-9 (also published in England by Piatkus Publishers, 2000, ISBN 0-74993-207-4)
- A Good Man, Thomas Allen Publishers, 2003, ISBN 0-88762-118-X
- Benevolence, Knopf Canada, 2011, ISBN 0-30739-889-7
Short stories
- Home Again, Random House Canada, 1989, ISBN 0-39422-031-5
References
- ^ a b Lumley, Elizabeth (2006). Canadian Who's Who Volume XLI. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 608. ISBN 0802040543.
- ^ a b c d http://www.readings.org/?q=biographies/cynthia_holz
- ^ Jason Sherman (8 April 1989). "Holz shows lives in turmoil". The Toronto Star. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/470463321.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+08%2C+1989&author=Jason+Sherman&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Holz+shows+lives+in+turmoil. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ^ Book Review: Benevolence, by Cynthia Holz
External links
Categories:- 1950 births
- Living people
- Canadian novelists
- Canadian women writers
- People from New York City
- City University of New York alumni
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