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Canadian writer
Alice Zorn
BornHamilton, Ontario, Canada
Websitealicezorn.blogspot.com

Alice Zorn is a Canadian author. She has published three novels, Arrhythmia (2011), Five Roses (2016), and Colours in Her Hands (2024), as well as a short story collection, Ruins & Relics (2009).

Life and career

Zorn's first book Ruins & Relics, a collection of short fiction, was published in March 2009 by NeWest Press. It was later a finalist for the 2009 Quebec Writers' Federation's McAuslan First Book Prize. She has also participated in the Banff Writing Studio and the Quebec Federation Mentorship Program. NeWest Press published Arrhythmia, Zorn's first novel, in May 2011.

Zorn's second novel, Five Roses, was published by Dundurn Press in July 2016. It received positive reviews from literary critics. Five Roses was later translated into French as Le rosier de la Pointe and was a finalist for the Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award. Her third novel, Colours in Her Hands, was published by Freehand Books in September 2024. She is scheduled to publish a second short story collection with NeWest Press in 2026.

Zorn has also published short stories in various literary journals across Canada, including The Fiddlehead, The New Quarterly, Room of One's Own, and Grain. She has placed first twice in Prairie Fire magazine's Fiction Contest, in 2006 and 2011, and won the Manitoba Magazine Award for Fiction in 2013.

Originally from Hamilton, Ontario, Zorn resides in Montreal.

Bibliography

References

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  2. "Rob McLennan: 12 or 20 questions with Alice Zorn". 16 August 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
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  4. ^ Zorn, Alice (June 2011). "Zorn, Alice - NeWest Press". NeWest Press. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  5. Rothman, Claire Holden (1 July 2011). "We'll Always Have Montreal". Montreal Review of Books. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  6. Akerman, Beverly (December 20, 2011). "'Arrhythmia' by Alice Zorn". The Winnipeg Review. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
  7. "QWF Literary Database of Quebec English language authors - Alice Zorn". Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  8. "Five Roses". Dundurn Press. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  9. Holden Rothman, Claire (July 2016). "Alice Zorn: Making Her Pointe". Montreal Review of Books. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  10. Hansen, Dana (September 2016). "Reviews: Five Roses". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  11. Greenberg, Bev Sandell (20 August 2016). "Montreal novel brings cinematic narrative". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Alice Zorn". Freehand Books. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  13. "Book Launch for 'Colours in Her Hands'". Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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  15. ^ "Alice Zorn's Reading Recommendation". The Fiddlehead. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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