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Gail Scott

Gail Scott was born in Ottawa and grew up in a bilingual community in Eastern Ontario. She worked as a journalist for several years writing about Quebec culture and politics for The Gazette, as well as contributing to The Globe & Mail and Maclean’s. She has been an editor of Spirale and Tessera. Her fiction and criticism have appeared in several journals. She is the author of two novels: Main Brides (1993) and Heroine (1987); Spare Parts, a collection of short stories; and Spaces Like Stairs, a collection of essays. Most recently, she translated Lise Tremblay’s Mile End (La danse juive, Lemeac, 1999). She lives in Montréal.

QUOTES OF NOTE

Each page steams with images, echoes, actions and reactions…a magnificent view of a woman’s perception of life, love and la belle province.
— Toronto Star

QUOTES OF NOTE

Gail Scott has an extraordinary ability to compress scenic observations…into short, jewel-like notations.
— Hugh Hood

Scott is one of the most gutsy writers around.
— Globe & Mail