Patricia Young was born in Victoria, BC and is the author of nine collections of poetry and one of short fiction. She has taught at the University of Victoria, served as Editorial Assistant of the Malahat Review, on the board of the Victoria School of Writing, and also as writer in residence at various universities, most recently in 2008 at the University of New Brunswick.She has been twice short-listed for the Governer General's Award and received the Arc Poem of the Year Award in 2009 and 2010.
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