About Katherine

Katherine has published 10 novels, 3 short story collections, and 2 anthologies of travel writing. She has won the City of Toronto Book Award and the Writers’ Trust Engel Findley Award. She is a Distinguished Alumna of The University of Alberta and one of York University’s “Famous Fifty” alumni. She is also recognized by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association for Excellence in Arts.
Katherine was awarded the Order of Canada in 2019.