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Joan Clark (nee MacDonald) was born in 1934 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and grew up there and in New Brunswick. She studied drama at Acadia University and education at the University of Alberta, then taught for several years. After more than twenty years in Alberta, Clark now lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Books by Joan Clark

	1968 Girl of the Rockies (children)	Biblio.com
	1971 Thomasina and the Trout Tree (children)	Biblio.com
	1977 The Hand of Robin Squires (children)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1982 From a High Thin Wire (short stories)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1984 The Leopard and the Lily (children)	Biblio.com
	1985 Wild Man of the Woods (children)	Biblio.com
	1987 The Moons of Madeleine (children)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1988 The Victory of Geraldine Gull (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1990 Swimming Toward the Light (short stories)	Biblio.com
	1994 Eiriksdottir: A Tale of Dreams and Luck (novel)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1995 The Dream Carvers (children)	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2000 Latitudes of Melt (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2002 The Word for Home	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2005 An Audience of Chairs (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2006 Snow	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
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Awards

• Books in Canada First Novel Award
  • 1988 – The Victory of Geraldine Gull – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction (English)
  • 1988 – The Victory of Geraldine Gull – Shortlisted

• Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award: Fiction
  • 2004 – The Word for Home – Shortlisted

• Marian Engel Award
  • 1991 Winner

• Winterset Award
  • 2002 – The Word for Home – Winner
  • 2005 – An Audience of Chairs – Winner

• Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
  • 1999 Winner

Added 25 March 2006.
Updated 10 August 2009.