Patti Edgar
BIO
Biography
Patti Edgar is a writer and educator. Her short prose has been published in Queen's Quarterly, Grain, FreeFall, The Dalhousie Review, The Antigonish Review, Blank Spaces, and Prairie Fire. She also contributed an essay to the anthology Waiting (University of Alberta Press). She won an Alberta Literary Award for best short non-fiction in 2026. Kirkus Reviews called her novel Anna Analyst (2021) "a droll, deftly executed debut." She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.
ADDRESS
City: Calgary,
Province/Territory: Alberta
EMAIL
c/o TWUC
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Anna Analyst
Publisher
Yellow Dog
Year
2021
Title
Waiting: An Anthology of Essays
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Year
2018
AWARDS
Awards
Name
James H. Gray Award, Alberta Literary Awards
Publication
Luminaries Eat Kale, Queen's Quarterly
Year
2026
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