Holley Rubinsky

Holley Rubinsky

Holley Rubinsky is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.

The title story of Rubinsky's first book, "Rapid Transits and Other Stories" (1991), was the winner of the first Journey Prize. She won the National Magazine Award Gold Medal for fiction and was nominated for the Western Magazines Award. "At First I Hope for Rescue" (1997) was shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and was chosen for the Barnes & Noble "Discover great new writers series". "Beyond This Point" (2006) is Rubinsky's first novel.

Rubinsky is the producer and host of The Writers' Show on CJLY-FM, Kootenay Coop Radio, a half-hour weekly program about the process of writing and experiences in publishing. [Van Luven, Lynne. "Holley Rubinsky's The Writer's Show: Broadcasting from the Kootenays, Wordworks: Federation of B.C. Writers Magazine, Winter 2007, pp12-13]

Rubinsky lives in British Columbia.

Bibliography

* "Rapid Transit and Other Stories." Vancouver: Polestar, 1991.
* "At First I Hope For Rescue." Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1997; New York: Picador, 1998.
* "Beyond this Point." Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2006.

External links

* [http://holleyrubinsky.com/ Holley Rubinsky's website]
* [http://www.randomhouse.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=26420 Holley Rubinsky at Random House of Canada]
* [http://www.mcclelland.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780771078545 Publisher's website for "Beyond This Point"]
* [http://www.kootenaycoopradio.com/writers/ "The Writers' Show"]

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