Alice Zorn

Alice Zorn
Born
Hamilton, 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.[1][2][3] She has also participated in the Banff Writing Studio and the Quebec Federation Mentorship Program.[3] NeWest Press published Arrhythmia, Zorn's first novel, in May 2011.[4][5][6][7]

Zorn's second novel, Five Roses, was published by Dundurn Press in July 2016.[8][9] It received positive reviews from literary critics.[10][11] Five Roses was later translated into French as Le rosier de la Pointe and was a finalist for the Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award.[12] Her third novel, Colours in Her Hands, was published by Freehand Books in September 2024.[12][13] She is scheduled to publish a second short story collection with NeWest Press in 2026.[14]

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.[4][15] 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.[12][15]

Originally from Hamilton, Ontario, Zorn resides in Montreal.[4]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Clarkson, Annie (December 2009). "the short review: Ruins & Relics by Alice Zorn". the short review. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  2. ^ "Rob McLennan: 12 or 20 questions with Alice Zorn". 16 August 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Quebec Writers' Federation". Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c "Alice Zorn". Freehand Books. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Book Launch for 'Colours in Her Hands'". Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  14. ^ "Alice Zorn". Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Alice Zorn's Reading Recommendation". The Fiddlehead. Retrieved 28 October 2024.