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Lesley Krueger
BIO
Biography

Lesley Krueger is an award-winning writer who has published novels, non-fiction and short stories as well as working as a filmmaker. Her sixth novel, Far Creek Road, will be published in the fall of 2023 by ECW Press in both Canada and the U.S. Her previous novel, Time Squared, was published in 2021, and was named one of the year's best books by The 49th Shelf. Her fourth novel, Mad Richard, was published in 2017. Lesley has written three other novels: The Corner Garden (2003), Drink the Sky (1999) and Poor Player (1993). She is also the author of a sports book, Contender (2013), a travel memoir, Foreign Correspondences (2000), and two collections of short stories, Hard Travel (1989) and The Necessary Havoc of Love (2022). Lesley's two earliest books, Hard Travel and Poor Player, were republished as e-books in 2021. As well, she has worked on sixteen produced films in the past eighteen years as a writer and story editor. She also plays defence in two women's hockey leagues, although the Olympic team is unlikely to come calling. More information is available at Lesley's website: www.lesleykrueger.com

ADDRESS
City: Toronto, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Time Squared
Publisher
ECW Press
Year
2021
Title
Mad Richard
Publisher
ECW Press
Year
2017
Title
Contender: Triumph, Tragedy and Canadian Baseball Player Harry Fisher
Publisher
Star Dispatches
Year
2013
Title
The Corner Garden
Publisher
Penguin
Year
2003
Title
Foreign Correspondences
Publisher
Key Porter Books
Year
2000
Title
Drink the Sky
Publisher
Key Porter Books
Year
1999
Title
Poor Player
Publisher
Oberon Press
Year
1993
Title
Hard Travel
Publisher
Oberon Press
Year
1989
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Programs & Interests
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