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Billie Livingston is a Canadian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. Born in Hamilton, Ontario,〔 Livingston grew up in Toronto and Vancouver, British Columbia. She lives in Vancouver. Her critically acclaimed first novel,''Going Down Swinging'' (2000), was followed by ''The Chick at the Back of the Church'' (2001), a poetry book that was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award. Her second novel, ''Cease to Blush'', was published in 2006 and subsequently chosen as one of the year's best books by ''The Globe and Mail'', ''January Magazine'', and ''The Tyee''. Livingston's ''One Good Hustle'', a novel about a young woman's fear that she is genetically doomed to become a con artist, was long-listed for the 2012 Giller Prize and selected by ''The Globe and Mail'', ''January Magazine'', and Toronto's (Now Magazine ) as one of the year's best books.〔〔〔〔 Livingston's short story collection, ''Greedy Little Eyes'', was cited by ''The Globe and Mail'' as one of 2010's best books and by ''The Georgia Straight'' as one of the fifteen most outstanding books of the year.〔〔 In 2011 ''Greedy Little Eyes'' won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for Best Short Story Collection as well as the CBC's Bookie Award.〔〔〔 In 2013, her story, ''The Trouble with Marlene,'' was made into the feature film, ''Sitting on the Edge of Marlene,'' directed by Ana Valine, and starring Suzanne Clément, Paloma Kwiatkowski, and Callum Keith Rennie.〔〔 The film is slated for release in 2014. In addition to publications in journals and magazines around the world, Livingston's poetry has appeared in textbooks and on public transit through the TransLink "Poetry in Transit" program. She has received fellowships from The Banff Centre, MacDowell Colony, Escape to Create (Seaside, Florida), Ucross Foundation and Omi International Arts Center. She is married to American actor Tim Kelleher. ==Bibliography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Billie Livingston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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