Terry Griggs is a Canadian author."Terry Griggs: Writers to Watch". ''

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'', 25 June 1995. Her book of short stories ''Quickening'' was a finalist at the

1991 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1991 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada."First novel earns top literary honor". ''Windsor Star'', December 4, 1991. The winners were selected by a panel ...

, and she won the Marian Engel Award in 2003. Originally from

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, where her family operated a fishing lodge near Little Current, she studied English literature at the

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. She presently lives in Stratford, Ontario."New writer-in-residence tied to local publisher". ''

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'', 26 September 2009.

Bibliography

* 1990: ''Quickening'' ( Porcupine's Quill, ) * 1995: ''The Lusty Man'' (Porcupine's Quill, ) * 2002: ''Rogue's Wedding'' (

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, ) * 2009: ''Thought You Were Dead'' ( Biblioasis, ) * 2009: ''Quickening'' (Biblioasis, ) * 2010: ''Nieve'' (Biblioasis, ) * 2017: ''The Discovery of Honey'' (Biblioasis, * 2018: ''The Iconoclast's Journal'' (Biblioasis, ;''Cat's Eye Corner series'' * 2000: ''Cat's Eye Corner'' (

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, ) * 2004: ''The Silver Door'' (Raincoast Books, ) * 2006: ''Invisible Ink'' (Raincoast Books, )

References

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