Frances Itani was born in 1942 in Belleville, Ontario and moved to Quebec when she was four. She received a dual B.A. in English and psychology from the University of Alberta and an M.A. in English literature from the University of New Brunswick. Itani worked as a nurse for eight years, until 1965 when she signed up for a writing class taught by W.O. Mitchell. She divides her time between Ottawa and Geneva where her husband, a Red Cross official, is based.

Books by Frances Itani

	1978 No Other Lodgings	Biblio.com
	1979 Linger By the Sea	Biblio.com
	1983 Rentee Bay	Biblio.com
	1988 A Season of Mourning	Biblio.com
	1989 Pack Ice	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1989 Truth or Lies	Biblio.com
	1994 Man Without Face	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1998 Leaning, Leaning Over Water	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2003 Deafening The story of a deaf woman and her hearing husband during World War I.	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2004 Poached Egg on Toast	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2007 Remembering the Bones	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
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Awards

• Canada Reads
  • 2006 – Deafening – Shortlisted

• Le Combat des livres
  • 2006 – Une coquille de silence – Shortlisted

• Order of Canada
  • 2006 – Member

Added 08 December 2005.
Updated 14 May 2010.