Diane Schoemperlen was born on 9 July 1954 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She graduated from Lakehead University in 1976 and has worked as a reporter, avalance researcher, and creative writing teacher. Schoemperlen lives in Kingston.

Books by Diane Schoemperlen

	1984 Double Exposures (short stories)
	1986 Frogs & Other Stories (short stories)
	1987 Hockey Night in Canada: Stories (short stories)
	1990 The Man of My Dreams (short stories)
	1994 In the Language of Love: A Novel in 100 Chapters (novel)
	1998 Forms of Devotion Collection of eleven illustrated short stories.
	2001 Our Lady of the Lost and Found (novel)
	2002 Red Plaid Shirt: Stories New and Collected Collection of 21 short stories, some previously published.
	2004 Names of the Dead: An Elegy for the Victims of September 11
	2008 At a Loss for Words A writer runs into a former lover at one of her readings.
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Awards

• Books in Canada First Novel Award
  • 1994 – In the Language of Love – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 1990 – Man of My Dreams – Shortlisted
  • 1998 – Forms of Devotion – Winner

• Marian Engel Award
  • 2007 Winner

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Added 14 March 2006.
Updated 07 January 2012.