Zoe Whittall
-I CO o. 5 < u 00 CO % z o z z < X m O h0 1 Q. RTSTnSSTSTSm The WLT Book Club An Iraqi in Paris SamuelShimon AnIraqiinParisisSamuelShimon's debutnovel,detailing theauthor's real-world journeyfrom his home in Iraq to Paris,France.Leaving everything he knowsbehindhim, the authortravelsacrossborders in orderto followhis dream of becominga filmmaker in Hollywood . Alongtheway,he meetsa castofvibrant characters, all sure to entertain readers. Withwitand humorall his own,Shimontraces his adventurous life,takingreadersthrough a panoramic sweepof Parisian life. Join WLTinreading AnIraqiin Paris , visitWLTs website(worlditeraturetoday .com) forgroup discussionquestions and an interview withtheauthor, and discussyour thoughtswith other readers on WLT' s Facebook pageafter reading. Zoe Whittall "Zoe Whittallmightjust possibly be the cockiest, brashest,funniest,toughest, most life-affirming, elegant, scruffy, no-holdsbarred writerto emerge fromMontreal since Mordecai Richler."-TheGlobe and Mail Canadian theageof poet nineteen, andnovelist Whittall Zoe left Whittall herchildhood wasborn farm in home Quebec and in moved 1976.At to theageofnineteen, Whittall left herchildhood farm homeandmovedto Montreal, where shegraduated from DawsonCollegein1995. ShealsoattendedConcordia Collegeas wellas theUniversity ofGuelph, where shereceived herMFAinCreative Writing in2009. Whittall's first novel, Bottle Rocket Hearts , published in2007, was nameda Globe & MailBestBookoftheYear,inadditiontoCBC 'sCanadaReadsTopTenEssential Novelsofthedecade.In2009 Whittall published hersecondnovel, Holding Still for asLong asPossible, which was an honorbookfortheAmerican Library Association's Stonewall Book Award.Whittall has also written a short novelforadultswithlow literacy skills, calledThe Middle Ground ,aswellas several poetry books.Sheeditedthe anthology Geeks, Misfits andOutlaws in2003andwontheDayneOgilvie Grant for anEmerging GayAuthor in2008. Shecurrently livesinToronto. - Compiled by Jessica Mitzner November -December 201 115 ...
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