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Jane Urquhart (née Carter) was born 21 June 1949 in Little Long Lac, Ontario and grew up in Toronto. She received a B.A. in English in 1971 and a B.A. in art history in 1976 from the University of Guelph. She lives in Colborne, Ontario with her husband, artist Tony Urquhart.

Books by Jane Urquhart

	1982 False Shuffles Poetry collection.
	1982 I Am Walking in the Garden of His Imaginary Palace (with Tony Urquhart) Poetry collection.
	1984 The Little Flowers of Madame de Montespan Poetry collection.
	1986 The Whirlpool (novel)
	1987 Storm Glass Short stories.
	1990 Changing Heaven (novel)
	1993 Away (novel)
	1997 The Underpainter Austin Fraser, an elderly artist, looks back on his life.
	2000 Some Other Garden Poetry collection.
	2001 The Stone Carvers (novel)
	2005 A Map of Glass (novel)
	2009 L.M. Montgomery (children)
	2010 Sanctuary Line (novel)
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Awards

• Canada Reads
  • 2013 – Away – Shortlisted

• Giller Prize
  • 2001 – The Stone Carvers – Shortlisted

• Evergreen Award
  • 2005 – The Stone Carvers – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 1997 – The Underpainter – Winner
  • 2001 – The Stone Carvers – Shortlisted

• Marian Engel Award
  • 1994 – Winner

• Order of Canada
  • 2004 – Officer

• Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
  • 1997 – The Underpainter – Shortlisted

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Added 14 November 2005.
Updated 23 April 2014.