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Revision as of 19:21, 7 March 2010 by 99.253.28.122 (talk) (→Life)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Beth Goobie (born 1960 Guelph, Ontario) is a Canadian poet, and writer.
Life
She was raised in a family of cult members. 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. 1994. ISBN 0920897738.
- The girls who dream me: poems. Pedlar Press. 1999. ISBN 9780968188460.
Short Stories
- Could I Have My Body Back Now, Please?. Edmonton: NeWest Press. 1991. ISBN 0920897096.
Young Adult fiction
- Group Homes From Outer Space. Don Mills, Ontario: Maxwell Macmillan Canada. 1992. ISBN 0029540933.
- Kicked Out. Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice Hall Canada. 1995. ISBN 0132343789.
- Mission Impossible. Red Deer, Alta.: Red Deer College Press. 1994. ISBN 0889951144.
- Who Owns Kelly Paddik?. Illustrator Greg Ruhl. Don Mills, Ontario: Maxwell Macmillan Canada. 1993. ISBN 002954176X.
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References
External links
- "Beth Goobie's otherworldly views", Quill & Quire, Amy Jo Ehman, May 2004
- "Joan d’Arc Interviews Canadian Mind Control Survivor, Beth Goobie"