Frances Itani
Frances Itani is a novelist, short story writer, and poet who has published 11 books, her most recent being Remembering the Bones, which was shortlisted for a Commonwealth Award. Her novel Deafening has been optioned for film, sold and translated in 17 countries, won a Commonwealth Award, and was shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin International Literary Award. It was also chosen for Canada Reads — English and French, won the Kingston Reads Award, and was chosen as College Book of the Year by Grant MacEwan College.
She has a bachelor of arts in psychology and English and an master of arts in English literature. She has taught at The Banff Centre several times, has worked in the Leighton Artists’ Colony, and was involved in the Banff International Literary Translation Centre. She is a member of the Order of Canada, lives in Ottawa, reviews occasionally for The Washington Post.
