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Joan Givner

Joan Givner was born in Manchester, England, in 1936. After studying at London University and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, she began teaching at the Unviersity of Regina in 1965; later she edited the Wascana Review. She has published biographies of Katherine Anne Porter (1982) and Mazo de la Roche (1989) and two collections of stories, most recently Scenes from Provincial Life (1991). "Elizabeth," a prize winner in the 1991 CBC Canadian Literary Awards, was published in a Joan Givner Special Issue of Room of One's Own in 1992.

Books by Joan Givner

The Hills Are Shadows

A Girl Called Tennyson

Ellen's Book of Life

Ellen Fremedon: Volunteer

Ellen Fremedon Journalist /hc

Ellen Fremedon: Journalist

Playing Sarah Bernhardt

Ellen Fremedon /hc

Ellen Fremedon

Half Known Lives

Thirty Four Ways of Looking at Jane Eyre

Katherine Anne Porter