Gayleen Froese (born 1972) is a Canadian novelist and singer-songwriter. She is the author of two paranormal mystery novels, the urban fantasy novel "The Dominion", and the Ben Ames Casefiles series of detective novels. Her third novel, "The Girl Whose Luck Ran Out", has been translated into French and German. Born in

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, Froese was educated at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) in

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. Her first album, ''Obituary'', won an Undiscovered Artist Award from

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and Froese was a showcase artist at Toronto's North by Northeast music festival in 1998. Froese appeared on

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's ''A Total Write Off'' in 2006, and was one of twelve writers selected as a finalist for BookTelevision's ''3 Day Novel Contest'' in 2007. (Filmed in 2007, the show did not air until late 2009; Froese ended up as the winning contestant.) She was also twice shortlisted in the overall International Three-Day Novel Contest. Froese's fourth novel, The Dominion, was released in serialized format on Webtoon (platform)'s Yonder app, beginning January 4, 2023, with print publication to follow. Froese's non-fiction and humour writing has appeared in publications including See Magazine, The Rat Creek Press, and Edify Currently, Froese lives in

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, in

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Bibliography

* ''Touch'' (2005) * ''Grayling Cross'' (2011) * ''The Girl Whose Luck Ran Out'' (2022) * ''The Dominion'' (2023) Yonder / DSP Publications

Discography

* ''Obituary'' (1997) * ''Chimera'' (1999)

References

External links

Gayleen Froese

DSP-The Girl Whose Luck Ran Out by Gayleen Froese

Crime Writers of Canada

IMDB-Gayleen Froese
1972 births Living people Canadian mystery writers Canadian women singer-songwriters Musicians from Saskatoon Writers from Saskatoon Musicians from Edmonton Writers from Edmonton Writers from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Canadian women novelists Women mystery writers 21st-century Canadian women singers 20th-century Canadian women singers {{Canada-writer-stub