Cassie Stocks (born 1966) is a Canadian writer, who won the

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in 2013 for her

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, ''Dance, Gladys, Dance''. Born in

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, 1966, Stocks is currently based in

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."Eston author Cassie Stocks wins Leacock Medal"
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'', June 7, 2013. In addition to her writing, she worked at the town's

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store."Cassie Stocks’s Leacock win cause for celebration in Eston, Sask."
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'', May 2, 2013. She worked at a steel plant when she was first accepted to a writing workshop at the

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in 2002, and subsequently left that job to study professional writing at Grant MacEwan University.

Works

*''Dance, Gladys, Dance'' (2012,

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References

1966 births Living people 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian women writers Stephen Leacock Award winners Canadian women novelists Writers from Edmonton MacEwan University alumni People from Eston, Saskatchewan Canadian humorists Canadian women humorists Novelists from Saskatchewan Novelists from Alberta {{Canada-writer-stub