Bonnie Burnard was a Canadian novelist and short story writer.
She grew up in Forest, Ontario and lived much of her life in Saskatchewan. Burnard based her books on her roots in Southwestern Ontario.
In 1989 Women of Influence won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for a first novel. In 1995 she was awarded the Marian Engel Award, and in 1999, she won the Giller Prize for her novel, A Good House.
Bonnie Burnard was a Canadian novelist and short story writer.
She grew up in Forest, Ontario and lived much of her life in Saskatchewan. Burnard based her books on her roots in Southwestern Ontario.
In 1989 Women of Influence won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for a first novel. In 1995 she was awarded the Marian Engel Award, and in 1999, she won the Giller Prize for her novel, A Good House.
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