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Revision as of 00:47, 10 April 2015 by Brookemckensie (talk | contribs) (Changed "University of Iowa" to "University of Winnipeg")(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Beth Goobie (born 1959 in Guelph, Ontario) is a Canadian poet, and writer.
Life
She graduated from University of Winnipeg, and the Mennonite Brethren Bible College. She worked in Edmonton in the child welfare system.
Her work appeared in Fiddlehead, Malahat Review and Quarry.
She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Awards
- 1994 R. Ross Annett Juvenile Fiction Award for Mission Impossible.
- 1995 Pat Lowther Award
- 2000 Canadian Library Association’s Young Adult Book Award, for Before Wings
Works
Poetry
- Scars of Light. Edmonton: NeWest Press. 1994. ISBN 0-920897-73-8.
- The girls who dream me: poems. Pedlar Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-9681884-6-0.
Short Stories
- Could I Have My Body Back Now, Please?. Edmonton: NeWest Press. 1991. ISBN 0-920897-09-6.
Young Adult fiction
- Group Homes From Outer Space. Don Mills, Ontario: Maxwell Macmillan Canada. 1992. ISBN 0-02-954093-3.
- Mission Impossible. Red Deer, Alta.: Red Deer College Press. 1994. ISBN 0-88995-114-4.
- Before Wings. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers. 2001. ISBN 978-1-55143-163-5.
- The Dream Where Losers Go. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers. 2001. ISBN 978-1-55143-455-1.
- The Lottery (Beth Goobie). Victoria, BC.: Orca Book Publishers. 2002. ISBN 978-1-55143-238-0.
- Kicked Out. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers. 2002. ISBN 978-1-55143-244-1.
- Sticks and Stones. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers. 2002. ISBN 978-1-55143-213-7.
- Who Owns Kelly Paddik?. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers. 2003. ISBN 978-1-55143-239-7.
- Flux. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers. 2004. ISBN 978-1-55143-314-1.
- Fixed. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers. 2005. ISBN 978-1-55143-374-5.
- Something Girl. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers. 2005. ISBN 978-1-55143-560-2.
- Hello, Groin. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers. 2005. ISBN 978-1-55143-459-9.
- Born Ugly. Red Deer Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-88995-457-1.
References
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Categories:- 1960 births
- 20th-century Canadian novelists
- 20th-century Canadian poets
- 20th-century women writers
- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian poets
- 21st-century women writers
- Canadian short story writers
- Canadian women novelists
- Canadian women poets
- Living people
- People from Guelph
- University of Winnipeg alumni
- Canadian women short story writers
- Writers from Ontario
- Writers from Saskatoon