Sharon Butala

Photo: Joanne Gregoire

Sharon Butala (nee LeBlanc) was born in 1940 in Nipawin, Saskatchewan and moved with her family to Saskatoon when she was 13. She earned a B.A. in English and Art from the University of Saskatchewan and a B.Ed. as an educational psychologist. Butala taught at the University of Saskatchewan before marrying and moving to a ranch near Eastend. In 1996, the Butalas donated their 13,100-acre ranch to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, creating the Old Man on His Back Prairie and Heritage Conservation Area.

Books by Sharon Butala

	1984 Country of the Heart (novel)
	1985 Queen of the Headaches Short stories.
	1986 The Gates of the Sun (novel)
	1988 Luna (novel)
	1990 Fever Short stories.
	1991 Upstream (novel)
	1992 The Fourth Archangel (novel)
	1992 Harvest A Celebration of Harvest on the Canadian Prairies. With photographer Todd Korol.
	1994 The Perfection of the Morning Essays.
	1995 Coyote's Morning Cry Essays.
	1998 The Garden of Eden A widow travels from Saskatchewan to Ethiopia to look for her niece.
	2000 Wild Stone Heart Essays.
	2002 Old Man on His Back Portrait of a Prairie Landscape. With photographer Courtney Milne.
	2002 Real Life Short stories.
	2005 Lilac Moon Dreaming of the Real West
	2008 The Girl in Saskatoon (non-fiction)

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