Sandra Birdsell

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Sandra Birdsell

Sandra Louise Birdsell (née Bartlette) (born 22 April 1942) is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
novel

Novel

File:2009 stapelweise Neuerscheinungen im Buchladen.JPGA novel is today a long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern Romance and in the tradition of the novella....
ist and short story

Short story

The short story refers to a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, usually in narrative format. This format or medium tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels or books....
writer of Métis

Metis

Metis meant "cunningness" or "craft, skill" in Ancient Greek.Metis may also refer to:* Metis , a Titaness and the first wife of Zeus...
and Mennonite

Mennonite

The Mennonites are a group of Christianity Anabaptist denominations named after Menno Simons , though his writings articulated, and thereby, formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders....
heritage.

Born in Hamiota, Manitoba

Hamiota, Manitoba

Hamiota is a growing community located on Manitoba Provincial Highway 21 in Manitoba, Canada, midway between the Trans-Canada Highway and the Yellowhead Highway....
, she studied at the University of Winnipeg

University of Winnipeg

The University of Winnipeg is a public university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that focuses primarily on undergraduate education. The U of W's founding colleges were Manitoba College and Wesley College, Winnipeg, which merged to form United College, Winnipeg in 1938....
and the University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba

The University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada, is the largest university located in the province of Manitoba. It is also Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution.....
, where she studied under Robert Kroetsch

Robert Kroetsch

Robert Kroetsch is a Canada novelist, poet, and non-fiction writer. He was born in Heisler, Alberta and currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba....
.

In 1996, she moved to Regina

Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada. The city is the second largest in the province , and is a cultural and commercial metropole for both southern Saskatchewan and adjacent areas in the neighbouring American states of North Dakota and Montana....
, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 588,276.09 square kilometres and a population of 1,015,895 , mostly living in the southern half of the province....
, where she currently resides.

In January 2007, Birdsell began a four month term as the Carol Shields

Carol Shields

Carol Ann Shields, Order of Canada, Order of Manitoba, Royal Society of Canada was an United States-born Canada author. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S....
writer in residence at the University of Winnipeg.

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