Julie Keith Explained

Julie Keith
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation:	Writer
Period:	1990s–present
Nationality:	American, Canadian
Notableworks:	The Jaguar Temple, The Devil Out There
Education:	Smith College (BA) Concordia University (MA)
Spouse:	Dick Pound
Children:	2

Julie Houghton Keith^[1] is an American-Canadian writer, best known for her short-story collections The Jaguar Temple and The Devil Out There.

Background

She was born and brought up near Chicago,^[2] and was educated at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She received a B.A. from Smith College in 1962 and an M.A. from Concordia University in 1989.^[3] She is married to lawyer Dick Pound, a former vice-president of the International Olympic Committee.^[4]

Writing

Her first collection of short stories, The Jaguar Temple (Nuage Editions, 1995), was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1995 Governor General's Awards. Her second collection, The Devil Out There (Knopf Canada, 1999), won the Quebec Writers' Federation's award for fiction in 2000.^[5]

Keith also won the Quebec Writers' Federation Community Award in 2006.^[6]

Notes and References

1. The Dick Pound File . Sports Illustrated . December 16, 2002 . Frank . Deford . November 3, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141104045758/http://157.166.246.201/vault/article/magazine/MAG1027747/index.htm . November 4, 2014 .
2. "The Giller v. the G-Gs: a tale of two literary awards". The Globe and Mail, November 4, 1995.
3. Web site: MEMBER PROFILE - JULIE KEITH . The Writers' Union of Canada . November 3, 2014 .
4. "Ultimate Games insider crusades against doping". Calgary Herald, July 10, 2004.
5. "Grescoe a double-winner at Quebec writers' awards". The Gazette, December 1, 2000.
6. "De Niro's Game wins two Quebec prizes". Ottawa Citizen, November 24, 2006.