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Kate Cayley is a
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writer and theatre director. She was the artistic director of Stranger Theatre"Geordie Johnson and Irene Poole to Star in Tarragon's THE BAKELITE MASTERPIECE"
''BroadwayWorld'', September 29, 2014.
and was playwright-in-residence at Toronto's
Tarragon Theatre The Tarragon Theatre is a theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the main centers for contemporary playwriting in the country.
from 2009 to 2017. As a playwright, her plays have included ''The Yellow Wallpaper Project'', ''The Hanging of Françoise Laurent'', ''Clown of God'', ''And What Alice Found There'', ''The Counterfeit Marquise'',Kaplan, Jon (2004-02-04)
"Potent puppets"
''
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'', February 4, 2004.
''After Akhmatova'' and ''The Bakelite Masterpiece''.


Awards

She won the Geoffrey Bilson Award in 2012 for her young adult novel ''The Hangman in the Mirror'', and the
Trillium Book Award The Trillium Book Award ( or ''Prix Trillium'') is an annual literary award presented to writers in Ontario, Canada. It is administered by Ontario Creates, a Crown agency (Ontario), Crown agency of the Government of Ontario, which is overseen by ...
in 2015 for her short story collection ''How You Were Born''. In 2021, she won the Mitchell Prize for Faith and Poetry. She was shortlisted for a
ReLit Award The ReLit Awards are Canadian literary prizes awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories."Three indie writers honoured by ReLit Awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 19, 2007. Founded in 2000 by Newfoundla ...
in 2014 for her poetry collection ''How This World Comes to an End'', and for the
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction The Governor General's Award for English-language fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a fiction book written in English.2015 Governor General's Awards The shortlisted nominees for the 2015 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 7, 2015,"Governor-General's Literary Awards announces finalists"
''
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'', October 7, 2014.


Works


Plays

*''The Yellow Wallpaper Project'' (created from "The Yellow Wallpaper" by
Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman (; née Perkins; July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935), also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, early sociologist, advocate for social reform ...
) *''The Clown of God'' *''East of the Sun, West of the Moon'' (based on
East of the Sun and West of the Moon "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" () is a Norwegian fairy-tale. It was included by Andrew Lang in '' The Blue Fairy Book'' (1889). "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" was collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. It i ...
) *''The Counterfeit Marquise'' (adapted from "The Counterfeit Marquise" by
Charles Perrault Charles Perrault ( , , ; 12 January 162816 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published in his ...
) *''And What Alice Found There'' (based on
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (also known as ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English Children's literature, children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics university don, don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a ...
,
Through the Looking-Glass ''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'' is a novel published in December 1871 by Lewis Carroll, the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a mathematics lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford, Christ Church, University of Oxford. I ...
, and other writings from
Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and reluctant Anglicanism, Anglican deacon. His most notable works are ''Alice ...
) *''The World Turned Upside Down'' (adapted from
Gerrard Winstanley Gerrard Winstanley (baptised 19 October 1609 – 10 September 1676) was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during the period of the Commonwealth of England. Winstanley was the leader and one of the fo ...
and
Christopher Hill (historian) John Edward Christopher Hill (6 February 1912 – 23 February 2003) was an English Marxist historian and academic, specialising in 17th-century English history. From 1965 to 1978 he was Master of Balliol College, Oxford. Early life and educa ...
) *''The Hanging of Françoise Laurent'' (based on "Marrying the Hangman" by
Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and an inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight chi ...
) *''The Bakelite Masterpiece'' *''After Akhmatova'' *''This is Nowhere'' *''The Archive of Missing Things''


Poetry

*''Other Houses'' (Brick Books 2017; OCLC ) *''When This World Comes to an End'' (Brick Books 2013; OCLC )


Short stories

*''Householders'' (Biblioasis 2021; OCLC ) *''How You Were Born'' (Pedlar Press 2014; OCLC )


Young adult fiction

*''The Hangman in the Mirror'' (Annick Press 2011; OCLC )


References

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