Kathy Friedman

Kathy Friedman emigrated with her family from South Africa to suburban Toronto when she was five. Her debut collection of short stories, All the Shining People (House of Anansi, 2022) was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Trillium Book Award. She studied creative writing at the University of British Columbia and the University of Guelph, and was a previous finalist for the Writers’ Trust Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Grain, Geist, PRISM international, Canadian Notes & Queries and the New Quarterly. Kathy Friedman teaches creative writing at Humber College and lives in Toronto.

Kathy Friedman is published by House of Anansi Press