Biographies of Contributors
Biographies of Contributors Armstrong, Jeannette made into films. His stories usually mix the macabre with the humorous. Born 1948, Penticton Indian Reserve, British Columbia Jeannette Armstrong is fluent in the Okanagan language. Her publications include the children’s Callwood, June books Enwhisteetkwa Walk in Water (1982), and Born 1924, Chatham, Ontario Neekna and Chemai (1984), and the novel Slash Canadian writer and activist June Callwood began (1987). She has been Director of En’owkin, a her career as a reporter for the Brantford Expositor multifaceted Native Education Centre. “Dust Devil” in 1941. She has written for many Canadian appeared in a collection of her poetry entitled newspapers and magazines, including Maclean’s Breath Tracks (1991). and Chatelaine. Callwood has also written for radio and television and has authored fifteen Barnard, Denise books. She is well known for her humanitarian efforts and has received many awards and born 1964, Toronto, Ontario honours, including Woman of the Year, B’nai Denise Barnard has worked as a magazine editor B’rith, the Order of Canada, and the Governor and writer, and college instructor. Her stories have General’s Literary Award. appeared in such journals as Intersections ’93, White Wall Review 1994, Prairie Fire and McGill Street Magazine. Her chapbook Some Tings Lie So Carrier , Roch Deep was published by Gargoyle Press in 1995. Born 1937, Sainte-Justine-de-Dorchester, Quebec Barnard lives in Toronto. Novelist, playwright, and short story writer Roch Carrier often uses allegory, satire, and dark Bentez, F ernando humour to portray the political issues and confrontations between English and French born Mexico Canadians.
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