Judy Fong Bates Explained

Judy Fong Bates
Birth Name:Fong Mun Sin[1]
Birth Date:22 December 1949
Birth Place:Kaiping, Guangdong, China
Occupation:Teacher, novelist, professor, non-fiction writer
Citizenship:Canadian
Alma Mater:University of Guelph
University of Toronto

Judy Fong Bates (born December 22, 1949) is a Chinese Canadian author. She is a 2006 recipient of the Alex Award.

Biography

Born in Kaiping, Guangdong, she immigrated to Canada with her mother in 1955 to reunite with her father in Allandale, Ontario. The family subsequently moved to Acton, Ontario where she spent most of her adolescence,[2] [3] eventually graduating from Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute.[4] She obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Guelph,[4] which was later followed by a Bachelor of Education from the University of Toronto.[5] She was a teacher with the Toronto Board of Education for twenty years,[6] working at the Garden Avenue and Fern Avenue public schools,[7] and has also taught creative writing at the University of Toronto and Trent University.[6]

Works and honours

In 2004, she published Midnight at the Dragon Café, which was recognized in 2006 by the American Library Association as one of the year's notable books,[8] and was subsequently honoured with an Alex Award in 2008, for having special appeal to young adults. In 2011, this book was chosen by the Toronto Public Library as the One Book Selection, a single work that Torontonians should read within the year.[9]

In 2010, The Year of Finding Memory was selected by The Globe and Mail as one of the top 100 books of the year.[10]

Personal life

She currently resides with her husband on a farm near Toronto.[6]

Bibliography

Fiction

Non-fiction

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Judy Fong Bates: Profile. Rebecca Wigod. Vancouver Sun. January 24, 2004. November 19, 2012.
  2. News: Sarah Hampson. 'My parents are a part of Canadian history': Judy Fong Bates . The Globe and Mail. June 7, 2010. November 19, 2012.
  3. Web site: Judy Fong Bates returns to read at Acton Library. Independent and Free Press. October 3, 2011. November 19, 2012.
  4. Web site: Campus Author – Year of finding memory : a memoir. . uoguelph.ca. University of Guelph. August 13, 2017.
  5. Encyclopedia: Paula Jessop. Judy Fong Bates. https://archive.today/20130203215546/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/judy-fong-bates. dead. February 3, 2013. Canadian Encyclopedia.
  6. Web site: Biographical info. . judyfongbates.com. August 13, 2017.
  7. News: Gillies. Charene. Spring 2011. Sunnyside Garden Daycare News. GardenAvenews. Garden Avenue School Advisory Council. Toronto. 8.
  8. Web site: October 9, 2008 . The 2006 list . American Library Association.
  9. Web site: Toronto Public Library Announces 2011 One Book Selection . Toronto Public Library.
  10. News: The 2010 Globe 100: Non-fiction . The Globe and Mail.
  11. Web site: Penguin Random House . 2024-09-10 . PenguinRandomhouse.com . en-US.
  12. Book: Bates, Judy Fong . Midnight at the Dragon Cafe . Emblem Editions . Internet Archive . 2005 . 9780771010972 . Toronto.
  13. Book: Bates, Judy Fong . The Year of Finding Memory: A Memoir . Random House Canada . Internet Archive . 2010 . 9780307356529 . Toronto.

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