Cynthia Holz (born 1950 in New York City, United States) is an American-born Canadian author.[1] She graduated in English in 1971 from Queens College, City University of New York.[1] She moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1976 while working as the Canadian correspondent for Business Week magazine.[2] She began publishing short stories in 1980 in literary journals[3] and anthologies such as The Malahat Review and The Fiddlehead.[2] She has written essays and book reviews for The Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen, Quill & Quire and the National Post.[2] She has published five novels and one collection of short stories. Her latest novel, Benevolence, was released in Spring 2011 by Knopf Canada.[4]

She spent almost twenty years teaching creative writing at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).[2]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Onlyville, The Porcupine's Quill, 1994, ISBN 0-88984-178-0
  • The Other Side, Second Story Press, 1997, ISBN 1-896764-01-0
  • Semi Detached, Key Porter Books, 1999, ISBN 1-894433-00-9 (also published in England by Piatkus Publishers, 2000, ISBN 0-7499-3207-4)
  • A Good Man, Thomas Allen Publishers, 2003, ISBN 0-88762-118-X
  • Benevolence, Knopf Canada, 2011, ISBN 0-307-39889-7

Short stories

References

  1. 1 2 Lumley, Elizabeth (2006). Canadian Who's Who Volume XLI. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 608. ISBN 0-8020-4054-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Cynthia Holz | Authors at Harbourfront Centre". Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  3. ↑ Jason Sherman (8 April 1989). "Holz shows lives in turmoil". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Book Review: Benevolence, by Cynthia Holz". Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2011-05-29.


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