Keath Fraser

Keath Fraser

Keath Fraser (born 25 December 1944 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian fiction author.

He was based in London, in the early 1970s before returning to Canada, first to Calgary then to his home province of British Columbia.

Fraser was afflicted with spasmodic dysphonia and documents his challenges and treatment of this disorder in the book "The Voice Gallery: Travels With a Glass Throat" (2002).

Awards and recognition

*1985: fiction finalist, Governor General's Awards for "Foreign Affairs"
*1986: winner, Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for "Foreign Affairs"
*1995: winner, Books in Canada First Novel Award for "Popular Anatomy"
*2003: finalist, Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize

Bibliography

* 1982: "Taking Cover" (Oberon Press) ISBN 0-88750-455-8
* 1985: "Foreign Affairs" (Stoddart) ISBN 0-7737-5042-8
* 1991: "Bad Trips", editor, foreword for collection of anecdotes (Vintage) ISBN 0-394-22151-6
* 1995: "Popular Anatomy" (Porcupine's Quill) ISBN 0-88984-149-7
* 1996: "Telling My Love Lies", with various authors (Porcupine's Quill) ISBN 0-88984-179-9
* 1997: "As For Me and My Body: A Memoir of Sinclair Ross" (ECW Press) ISBN 1-55022-310-0
* 2002: "The Voice Gallery: Travels With a Glass Throat", non-fiction memoir (Thomas Allen) ISBN 0-88762-101-5
* 2005: "13 Ways of Listening to a Stranger" (short stories compilation, Thomas Allen) ISBN 0-88762-193-7

External links

* [http://www.abcbookworld.com/?state=view_author&author_id=3351 ABCBookWorld: Keath Fraser]


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