Stegner Grant for the Arts Recipient 2010Luanne Armstrong, MFA, Ph.D, is a novelist, freelance writer, editor, and publisher. She is deeply interested in writing about place and nature. Her new book, Blue Valleys, An Ecological Memoir, a book about growing up in the Kootenays, was published in the Fall of 2007 by Maa Press. Her research interests also include the ethics of autobiographical writing, ecological identity, and writing as inquiry. She has published over fifty stories and essays in magazines and journals, .Luanne is the author of fourteen books, including poetry, novels, and children’s books. She has been nominated for numerous prizes and awards. Her first novel, Annie was a best-seller in Germany. Her YA novel, Jeannie and the Gentle Giants, was nominated for Canadian Library Association’s Book of the Year; the Sheila Egoff BC Book Prize award and the Red Cedar award. It placed second in the Silver Birch Award. It was also named by McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg as one of their top ten all time best children’s books. Her essay, Tuning the Rig won the Canadian Author’s Association first prize. Her most recent novel, The Bone House was shortlisted for the Canadian Sunburst Award for Science Fiction and the Relit Prize for Fiction.Luanne has taught Creative Writing for many years, at Langara College and at other colleges and summer schools in BC and Alberta. She is also a popular speaker and workshop leader at writing conferences. She is presently working on a book on the ethics of autobiographical writing for Pacific Educational Press as well as a book of essays about environmental ethics. She is an adjunct professor of Creative Writing, teaching online for the University of British Columbia.Currently Luanne lives on her organic heritage farm in the Kootenay region of BC.To Contact us click here
Stegner Grant for the Arts Recipient 2010
Luanne Armstrong, MFA, Ph.D, is a novelist, freelance writer, editor,
and publisher. She is deeply interested in writing about place and nature.
Her new book, Blue Valleys, An Ecological Memoir, a book about growing
up in the Kootenays, was published in the Fall of 2007 by Maa Press. Her
research interests also include the ethics of autobiographical writing,
ecological identity, and writing as inquiry. She has published over fifty
stories and essays in magazines and journals, .
Luanne is the author of fourteen books, including poetry, novels, and
children’s books. She has been nominated for numerous prizes and
awards. Her first novel, Annie was a best-seller in Germany. Her YA novel,
Jeannie and the Gentle Giants, was nominated for Canadian Library
Association’s Book of the Year; the Sheila Egoff BC Book Prize award and
the Red Cedar award. It placed second in the Silver Birch Award. It was
also named by McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg as one of their
top ten all time best children’s books. Her essay, Tuning the Rig won the
Canadian Author’s Association first prize. Her most recent novel, The Bone
House was shortlisted for the Canadian Sunburst Award for Science Fiction
and the Relit Prize for Fiction.
Luanne has taught Creative Writing for many years, at Langara College
and at other colleges and summer schools in BC and Alberta. She is also a
popular speaker and workshop leader at writing conferences. She is
presently working on a book on the ethics of autobiographical writing for
Pacific Educational Press as well as a book of essays about environmental ethics. She is an adjunct professor of Creative
Writing, teaching online for the University of British Columbia.
Currently Luanne lives on her organic heritage farm in the Kootenay region of BC.
To Contact us click here
