Emily Urquhart | |
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Born | 1977 (age 46–47) |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Education |
Queen's University at Kingston Memorial University of Newfoundland ( PhD) |
Parents |
Tony Urquhart Jane Carter |
Website | |
emilyurquhart |
Emily Urquhart (born 1977) is a Canadian writer. [1] She is most noted for her 2022 book Ordinary Wonder Tales, which was a shortlisted finalist for the 2023 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. [2]
The daughter of artist Tony Urquhart and writer Jane Urquhart, [1] she did her undergraduate education at Queen's University, and worked as a freelance writer and book reviewer before completing her Ph.D. in folklore studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. [3]
Urquhart's first book, Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family and the Mystery of Our Hidden Genes, was published in 2015. [3] A memoir of her experience giving birth to a daughter who was diagnosed with albinism, [3] the book was shortlisted for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction in 2016. [4]
In 2020 she published The Age of Creativity: Art, Memory, My Father and Me, a memoir of her childhood experiences learning about art from her father. [5]
Ordinary Wonder Tales, a collection of essays about the intersection between memory and cultural folklore, was published in fall 2022. [6]
Urquhart currently teaches creative writing at the University of Waterloo. [7]
Emily Urquhart | |
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Born | 1977 (age 46–47) |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Education |
Queen's University at Kingston Memorial University of Newfoundland ( PhD) |
Parents |
Tony Urquhart Jane Carter |
Website | |
emilyurquhart |
Emily Urquhart (born 1977) is a Canadian writer. [1] She is most noted for her 2022 book Ordinary Wonder Tales, which was a shortlisted finalist for the 2023 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. [2]
The daughter of artist Tony Urquhart and writer Jane Urquhart, [1] she did her undergraduate education at Queen's University, and worked as a freelance writer and book reviewer before completing her Ph.D. in folklore studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. [3]
Urquhart's first book, Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family and the Mystery of Our Hidden Genes, was published in 2015. [3] A memoir of her experience giving birth to a daughter who was diagnosed with albinism, [3] the book was shortlisted for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction in 2016. [4]
In 2020 she published The Age of Creativity: Art, Memory, My Father and Me, a memoir of her childhood experiences learning about art from her father. [5]
Ordinary Wonder Tales, a collection of essays about the intersection between memory and cultural folklore, was published in fall 2022. [6]
Urquhart currently teaches creative writing at the University of Waterloo. [7]