Cynthia Holz (born 1950 in New York City, United States) is an American-born Canadian author.[1] She graduated in English in 1971 from Queens College, City University of New York.[1] She moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1976 while working as the Canadian correspondent for Business Week magazine.[2] She began publishing short stories in 1980 in literary journals[3] and anthologies such as The Malahat Review and The Fiddlehead.[2] She has written essays and book reviews for The Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen, Quill & Quire and the National Post.[2] She has published five novels and one collection of short stories. Her latest novel, Benevolence, was released in Spring 2011 by Knopf Canada.[4]

She spent almost twenty years teaching creative writing at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).[2]

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Novels

Cynthia Holz on Bookbits radio talks about Benevolence.

Short stories

References

  1. ^ a b Lumley, Elizabeth (2006). Canadian Who's Who Volume XLI. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 608. ISBN 0-8020-4054-3.
  2. ^ a b c d "Cynthia Holz | Authors at Harbourfront Centre". Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  3. ^ Jason Sherman (8 April 1989). "Holz shows lives in turmoil". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Book Review: Benevolence, by Cynthia Holz". Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2011-05-29.

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