Jane Urquhart’s newest book, In Winter I Get Up at Night, charts an unforgettable life, while also exploring some of the grandest themes of the twentieth century—colonial expansion, scientific progress, and the sinister forces that seek to divide societies along racial and cultural lines.
Jane Urquhart, one of Canada’s best loved writers, was born in the north (in Little Longlac, ON), and grew up in Northumberland County and Toronto. She is the author of eight internationally acclaimed novels, which have received Le Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book Award) in France; the Trillium Award; and the Governor General’s Award and have been finalists or longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; the Rogers Communications Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize; the Orange Prize; The Giller Prize; the Booker Prize; and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book, among others. She is a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.
