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Farzana Doctor is a Canadian novelist and social worker. She has published two novels to date, and won the 2011 Dayne Ogilvie Grant from the Writers' Trust of Canada for an emerging lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender writer.〔("Farzana Doctor to receive Dayne Ogilvie Grant" ). ''Quill & Quire'', June 1, 2011.〕 Her second novel, ''Six Metres of Pavement'', was also a nominee for the 2012 Lambda Literary Awards in the category of Lesbian Fiction,〔("Toronto writers up for Lambda Literary awards" ). ''Xtra!'', May 11, 2012.〕 and was announced as the winner of the award on June 4, 2012.〔("Farzana Doctor wins Lambda Literary Award" ). ''Quill & Quire'', June 6, 2012.〕 Born in Zambia to Muslim expatriate parents from India, she immigrated to Canada with her family in the early 1970s. In addition to her writing career, Doctor works as a psychotherapist, coordinates a regular reading series in Toronto's Brockton Village neighbourhood,〔("Farzana Doctor sees hyper-local reading series grow" ). ''Xtra!'', February 1, 2011.〕 and coproduced ''Rewriting The Script: A Loveletter to Our Families'', a documentary film about the family relationships of LGBT people in Toronto's South Asian immigrant communities.〔("Farzana Doctor touring new novel" ). ''Xtra!'', November 8, 2007.〕 ==Books== *''Stealing Nasreen'' (2007) *''Six Metres of Pavement'' (Dundurn Press, 2011) *''All Inclusive'' (Dundurn Press, 2015) 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「Farzana Doctor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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