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Linda Spalding


Born
in Topeka, Kansas, The United States
June 25, 1943

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Linda Spalding, Kansas-born Canadian fiction and nonfiction writer, often explores world cultures and the clash between contemporary life and traditional beliefs. Born in Topeka, she lived in Mexico and Hawaii before moving to Toronto, Ontario in 1982.

Spalding's work has been honoured numerous times. Her non-fiction work, The Follow, was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award and the Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize and she has since received the Harbourfront Festival Prize for her contribution to the Canadian literary community.

Her novel, The Purchase, won the 2012 Governor General's Literary Award.

She has two daughters and is currently married to novelist Michael Ondaatje. Linda, her daughter Esta, and Michael are also on the editorial ...more

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The Purchase
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The Paper Wife
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A Reckoning: A Novel
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Who Named the Knife: A Book...
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A Dark Place in the Jungle:...
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Daughters of Captain Cook
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Mere
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The Purchase A Reckoning: A Novel
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