Billie Livingston

Billie Livingston (born 23 November 1965) is a Canadian novelist and poet.

Born in Hamilton, Ontario,cite web| title = Writers Union Biography: Billie Livingston| url=http://www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=846&L=L| accessdate = 2007-01-24] Livingston grew up in Toronto and Vancouver, British Columbia.She lives in Vancouver.

Her critically acclaimed first novel,"Going Down Swinging" (2000), was followed by "The Chick at the Back of the Church" (2001), a poetry book which was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award. Her second novel "Cease to Blush", was published in 2006 and subsequently chosen as one of the year's Best Books by "The Globe and Mail", " [http://www.januarymagazine.com/ January Magazine] ", and "The Tyee".

Her short fiction has been widely published in magazines and anthologies, including "Toronto Life" Magazine, "The Journey Prize Stories", and "This" Magazine where it won first prize in [http://www.thismagazine.ca/contests/lithunt/index.php The Great Canadian Literary Hunt] . She's has also won fiction prizes from "Prism Magazine", " [http://www.subterrain.ca/ sub-TERRAIN] ", "The Fiddlehead", "The Malahat Review", "Other Voices" and [http://www.lawrencehouse.ca/ The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts.]

Livingston's poetry has appeared in journals and magazines around the world, and has been published everywhere from textbooks such as [http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_mcmahan_litwriting_7 Literature and the Writing Process] to the buses and SkyTrains of British Columbia through TransLink's [http://www.books.bc.ca/poetry.php Poetry in Transit] program.

Bibliography

Poetry and Fiction

*"Going Down Swinging" (2000) ISBN 0-679-31000-2
*"The Chick at the Back of the Church" (2001) ISBN 0-88971-177-1
*"Cease to Blush" (2006) ISBN 0-679-31322-2

Anthologies

*"Literature and the Writing Process"--Cdn Edition (Pearson, 2005)
*"Northwest Edge: Fictions of Mass Destruction" (Chiasmus Press, 2003)
*"Dropped Threads 2" (Vintage, 2003)
*"Love Poems for the Media Age" (Ripple Effect Press, 2001)
*"Journey Prize Anthology" (MacClelland and Stewart, 2001)
*"Hammer and Tongs" (Smoking Lung Press , 1999)
*"The Edges of Time" (Seraphim Editions, 1999)
*"Meltwater" (Banff Centre Press, 1999)

References

External links

* [http://www.billielivingston.com Billie Livingston's Official Website]
* [http://www.randomhouse.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=17857 Author Spotlight] on the Random House website.
* [http://www.booklounge.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679313236&view=auqa Interview] with Book Lounge.
* [http://archive.nsnews.com/issues06/w061106/063106/pulse/062306pu1.html Turn to Face the Strange] Author Interview, North Shore News
* [http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2006/0706/book1.htm Not Your Average Canadian Chicklit]
* [http://americareads.blogspot.com/2007/11/billie-livingstons-cease-to-blush-movie.html Campaign for the American Reader]
* [http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=196 BC Bookworld Biography of Billie Livingston]