Cordelia Strube (born 1960), is a Canadian playwright and novelist. Raised in

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, Strube began her career as an actor. After winning a CBC Literary Award for her first

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, ''Mortal'', she wrote nine more radio plays for

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before publishing her

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, ''Alex & Zee'', in 1994. The novel was a shortlisted nominee for the

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. Her third novel, ''Teaching Pigs to Sing'', was a nominee for the English-language fiction award in the

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. Her novel ''Lemon'' was named to the longlist for the 2010

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and shortlisted for the 2010

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. In 2016, she won the

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for ''On the Shores of Darkness, There Is Light''."Cordelia Strube wins 2016 Toronto Book Award"
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'', October 11, 2016.

Works

Novels

* ''Alex & Zee'' (1994) * ''Milton's Elements'' (1995) * ''Teaching Pigs to Sing'' (1996) * ''Dr. Kalbfleisch and the Chicken Restaurant'' (1997) * ''The Barking Dog'' (2000) * ''Blind Night'' (2004) * ''Planet Reese'' (2007) * ''Lemon'' (2009) * ''Milosz'' (2012) * ''On the Shores of Darkness, There Is Light'' (2016) * ''Misconduct of the Heart'' (2020)"47 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020"

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, February 5, 2020.

Plays

* ''Fine'' (1985) * ''Mortal'' (1986) * ''Shape (1987) * ''Scar Tissue'' (1987) * ''Attached'' (1988) * ''Caught in the Intersection'' (1988) * ''Marshmallow'' (1988) * ''Mid-Air'' (1989) * ''Absconder'' (1989) * ''On the Beach'' (1989) * ''Past Due'' (1989)

References

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Cordelia Strube
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