Jane Eaton Hamilton

Jane Eaton Hamilton is the author of eight books of fiction and poetry.  Her memoir “Mondays are Yellow, Sundays are Grey;” retitled “No More Hurt,” was a Sunday Times bestseller in the UK, shortlisted for the MIND Book Award and the VanCity Book Prize, and appeared on the Guardian’s books of the year list.  Her poetry volume “Love Will Burst Into a Thousand Shapes” is out fall 2014.  Her short story collection “July Nights” was shortlisted for the BC Book Prizes and her short fiction collection “Hunger” was shortlisted for the Ferro Grumley Award.  “Body Rain,” her first book of poetry, was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award, and her chapbook, “Going Santa Fe,” won the League of Canadian Poets Poetry Chapbook Award.  She has been included in the Journey Prize Anthology, Best Canadian Short Stories, and has been cited in the Best American Short Stories.  She has won many prizes for her short fiction, including twice each, first prize in fiction in the CBC Literary Awards/Canada Writes (2003/2014) and the Prism International short fiction award.  She has published in the NY Times, Seventeen magazine, Salon, Macleans, VIDA, Numero Cinq, the Globe and Mail, the Missouri Review, Ms blog, the Alaska Quarterly Review and many other places.  She has been a recipient of arts awards from the BC Arts Council and the Canada Council.  Jane’s work is upcoming in several anthologies, Siécle 21 in Paris, POEM in the UK and other places.  She teaches writing students one-on-one for intensive workshops.   Jane is also a photographer and visual artist and was a litigant in Canada’s same-sex marriage case.  She lives in Vancouver.  janeeatonhamilton.wordpress.com