Edna Alford

Edna Alford

Edna Alford is a Canadian author and editor. As a writer she is known for the collections "A Sleep Full of Dreams" and "The Garden of Eloise Loon". She has also won the Marian Engel Award and the Gerald Lampert Award. As an editor she co-founded the magazine "Dandelion" and edited "Grain" magazine from 1985-1990. [ [http://www.banffcentre.ca/faculty/faculty_member.aspx?facid=5 Banff Centre] ]

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