Ann Copeland | |
|---|---|
| Born | Virginia Walsh December 16, 1932 Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Occupation | Short story writer |
| Nationality | American, Canadian |
| Period | 1970s-1990s |
| Notable works | The Golden Thread |
Ann Copeland is the pen name of Virginia Walsh Furtwangler (born December 16, 1932),[1] an American and Canadian writer. She was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1989 Governor General's Awards for her short story collection The Golden Thread.[2]
Biography
Born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut,[1] she was educated at the Catholic University of America and Cornell University.[1] She married Albert Furtwangler in 1968, and moved to Sackville, New Brunswick, where Albert taught at Mount Allison University.[1]
She has published five short story collections and an instructional guide to writing fiction.[3]
She returned to the United States in 1996, and is currently a professor emeritus at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.[3]
Selected works
- At Peace (1978)
- The Back Room (1979)
- Earthen Vessels (1984)
- The Golden Thread (1989)
- Strange Bodies on a Stranger Shore (1994)
- The ABCs of Writing Fiction (1996)
- Season of Apples (1996)
Awards and honors
- Shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1989 Governor General's Awards
References
- 1 2 3 4 W. H. New, Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0802007619. Entry "Copeland, Ann", p. 236.
- ↑ "Three B.C. writers in running for awards". Vancouver Sun, February 7, 1990.
- 1 2 International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004. Europa Publications, 2003. ISBN 978-1857431797. Entry "Furtwangler, Virginia Walsh", p. 192.