Marsha Boulton (born ) is a Canadian journalist and humorist, who won the

Stephen Leacock Award The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, also known as the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour or just the Leacock Medal, is an annual Canadian literary award presented for the best book of humour written in English by a Canadian writer, publis ...

in 1996 for her book ''Letters from the Country''. Some early media reports incorrectly credited her as the first woman ever to win the award, although in fact four women —

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, Joan Walker,

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and

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— had won the award before her. Her other books have included ''More Letters from the Country'' (1997), ''Just a Minute: Glimpses of Our Great Canadian Heritage'' (1998), ''Just Another Minute'' (1998), ''Letters from Across the Country'' (1999) and ''Just a Minute More'' (1999), as well as republished "omnibus" editions of both the ''Letters from the Country'' and ''Just a Minute'' series. Originally from

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, Ontario, where she was a journalist and editor for ''

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'',"City girl goes country: Marsha Boulton gave up hotshot editing career to experience ups and downs of farm life". ''

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'', September 3, 1995. she moved in 1980 to a farm in Wellington County with her husband Stephen Williams, a journalist best known for his works on

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and

Karla Homolka Karla Leanne Homolka (born May 4, 1970), also known as Karla Leanne Teale, Leanne Teale and Leanne Bordelais, is a Canadian serial killer who acted as an accomplice to her husband, Paul Bernardo, taking active part in the rapes and murders of at ...

."The pen is not mightier than a police raid". ''

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'', February 24, 2007. After her move, she wrote a syndicated column about country life which appeared in 40 newspapers across Canada, was a contributor to

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, and contributed to publications including ''

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'', ''

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'', the ''

'' and ''

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''.

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