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April 21, 2006 at 12:46 PM EDT

Billie Livingston published her critically acclaimed first novel, Going Down Swinging, in 2000. Her first book of poetry, The Chick at the Back of the Church, was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award. Her award-winning short fiction has been published in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia, and her short story collection, You Sound Tiny, is forthcoming from Random House Canada. Born in Toronto, Livingston now lives in Vancouver.

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