Karen Lawrence | |
Birth Date: | February 5, 1951 |
Birth Place: | Windsor, Ontario |
Occupation: | novelist, poet |
Period: | 1980s-1990s |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Notableworks: | The Life of Helen Alone |
Karen Lawrence (born February 5, 1951, in Windsor, Ontario)[1] is a Canadian writer, who won the Books in Canada First Novel Award for her 1986 novel The Life of Helen Alone.[2]
Lawrence was educated at the University of Windsor and the University of Alberta.[3] At the time of her award win, she was residing in San Diego, California, with her husband.[3]
Her second novel, Springs of Living Water, was published in 1990.[4] In addition to her novels, Lawrence released two poetry collections, and published several short stories in literary magazines.