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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 Stratford, Ontario with her husband, artist Tony Urquhart.

Books by Jane Urquhart

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

• 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

Added 14 November 2005.
Updated 12 June 2010.