11 Facts About Bonnie Burnard

Bonnie Burnard was a Canadian short story writer and novelist, best known for her 1999 novel, A Good House, which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Bonnie Burnard's father, Charles, was raised by his relatives after his parents died when he was a child.

In 1967, Burnard completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Western Ontario.

Bonnie Burnard worked as a literary officer at the Saskatchewan Arts Board from 1988 to 1990.

Bonnie Burnard moved back to Southwestern Ontario in 1992, living briefly in Strathroy-Caradoc and later moving to London, Ontario; her marriage had ended a few years earlier.

Bonnie Burnard taught at the Humber School for Writers, the University of British Columbia's summer creative writing program Booming Ground, and at the University of Windsor as an adjunct professor in the writing department.

Bonnie Burnard worked briefly for a lawyer, the Writers' Trust of Canada, served on the Public Lending Right Commission, as a board member at Coteau Books and the Saskatchewan Writers Guild.

Bonnie Burnard is survived by three children and four grandchildren.

Bonnie Burnard's first published work was a short story published simultaneously in Saskatchewan Gold and the NeWest Review.

Bonnie Burnard edited the 1986 book The Old Dance: Love Stories of One Kind or Another published by Thunder Creek Publishing Co-operative.

In 1995, Bonnie Burnard was awarded the Marian Engel Award given to the body of work by a female Canadian writer.