In Julia van Gorder's novel Cyclone (Coteau 1998), the 1912 Regina cyclone brings turmoil to a working class family from Manchester as they begin their life in Canada. van Gorder is a retired social worker and high school counsellor who spent the early part of her life in Regina. She has published a great deal of poetry and some non-fiction and fiction in various publications.
CITY/TOWN: Vancouver
DATE OF BIRTH: 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH: Regina
ARRIVAL IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: 1938
EMPLOYMENT OTHER THAN WRITING: social work, high school counselling
BOOKS
Cyclone, (Coteau Books, 1998 (The first in a family saga)
AWARDS:
National Magazine Awards Competition, finalist for poetry, 1998
Burnaby Writers' Competition, 1996--finalist for poetry
Fed of BC Writers' fiction competition, 1994--finalist for fiction
Surrey Writers' Conference, 1994--second prize for fiction
Burnaby Writers' Competition, 1998--short list for poetry
[BCBW 2003] "Fiction"
CITY/TOWN: Vancouver
DATE OF BIRTH: 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH: Regina
ARRIVAL IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: 1938
EMPLOYMENT OTHER THAN WRITING: social work, high school counselling
BOOKS
Cyclone, (Coteau Books, 1998 (The first in a family saga)
AWARDS:
National Magazine Awards Competition, finalist for poetry, 1998
Burnaby Writers' Competition, 1996--finalist for poetry
Fed of BC Writers' fiction competition, 1994--finalist for fiction
Surrey Writers' Conference, 1994--second prize for fiction
Burnaby Writers' Competition, 1998--short list for poetry
[BCBW 2003] "Fiction"