Heidi L. M. Jacobs

Heidi L. M. Jacobs is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass and Purveyor of Fine Footwear won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in 2020.[1]

Originally from Edmonton, Alberta,[2] she is currently a librarian at the University of Windsor.[1] Molly of the Mall is based in part on her own experience as a university student in the 1990s, centred on a character balancing her studies in literature with her job at a shoe store in a fictionalized version of the West Edmonton Mall.[2] The novel was published by NeWest Press in 2019.

References

  1. ^ a b Samraweet Yohannes, "Heidi L. M. Jacobs wins $15K Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for debut novel". CBC Books, June 5, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Fish Griwkowsky, "Edmonton-born Heidi L.M. Jacobs wins Leacock for novel set in a certain gigantic mall". Edmonton Journal, June 11, 2020.


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