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Deborah Joy Corey (born 1958 in
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) is a Canadian writer whose
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, '' Losing Eddie'' won the 1994
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. The author of numerous articles and stories, Corey's writings have been published in such literary journals as '' Ploughshares'', ''Carolina Quarterly'', ''Crescent Review,'' ''Image'', and ''Grain''. Born and raised in Temperance Vale,
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, Corey now lives with her husband and two daughters, in a small coastal village in
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, a site she used as a model for the setting for her latest novel, ''The Skating Pond'' (2003).


Bibliography

*'' Losing Eddie'' - (1993) *'' The Skating Pond'' - (2003)


External links


Random House author profile for Deborah Joy Corey
1958 births Living people 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers People from York County, New Brunswick Canadian women novelists Amazon.ca First Novel Award winners Novelists from New Brunswick {{Canada-novelist-stub