Lauren B. Davis
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Lauren B. Davis (née Cargill) is a Canadian writer. She is best known for her novels Our Daily Bread and The Empty Room, a semi-autobiographical novel about alcoholism.
Biography
Born in Montreal, Quebec, on September 5, 1955, Davis lived in France for over a decade (1994-2004), and now resides in Princeton, New Jersey.
Early in her career, Davis was mentored by Timothy Findley, at the Humber College School for Writers, where she went on to be a mentor (2007-2009). She was past European editor for the Literary Review of Canada from 1999 to 2002.
Davis has been a mentor with the Humber College School for Writers and Guelph University's MFA program. She taught fiction writing at the WICE (Paris); the American University of Paris; the Geneva Writers' Conference; and Seattle University's Writers' Conference in Allihies, Ireland. Davis has also lectured on writing at Trent University, Rider University, Humber College and The Paris Writers' Workshop.[1] Davis ran a community writing program in Princeton called Sharpening the Quill from 2006-2018.
Accolades
Davis is the recipient of two Mid-Career Writer Sustaining grants from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2000 and 2006. Her short fictionScript error: No such module "Unsubst". has also been shortlisted for the CBC Literary Awards.
The Stubborn Season (2002) was chosen for the Robert Adams Lecture Series and named one of the best-selling books of the year by Amazon.ca. The lecture lecture was televised on TVOntario's program Imprint.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Radiant City (2005) was a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Empty Room (2007) was named one of the best books of the year by the Toronto Star, The Globe & Mail, and the Winnipeg Free Press.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
An Unrehearsed Desire (2008) was longlisted for the ReLit Awards.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Our Daily Bread (2011) was long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". listed in "The Globe 100: The Very Best Books of 2011" by The Globe and Mail,[2] and included in the "Best Fiction Books of 2011" by The Boston Globe.[3]
The Grimoire of Kensington Market (2018) was listed on "The Globe 100: Our favourite books of 2018" by The Globe and Mail[4] and was short-listed for the Canadian Authors Association Fred Kerner Award.[5]
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Personal life
Davis currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey with her husband, Ron Davis (a Zurich Financial executive) and their dog, Bailey The Rescuepoo.
Davis is a recovering alcoholic. She wrote about her addiction in a 2009 essay entitled "When There's No Sky Left."[6]
Bibliography
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