Judy Fong Bates
Judy Fong Bates | |
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| Born | Fong Mun Sin[1] December 22, 1949 Kaiping, Guangdong, China |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Guelph University of Toronto |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, novelist, professor, non-fiction writer |
| Website | www |
Judy Fong Bates (born December 22, 1949) is a Chinese Canadian author. She is a 2006 recipient of the Alex Award.
Biography
[edit]Born in Kaiping, Guangdong, she immigrated to Canada with her mother in 1955 to reunite with her father in Allandale, Ontario.[2] The family subsequently moved to Acton, Ontario where she spent most of her adolescence,[3][4] eventually graduating from Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute.[5] She obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Guelph,[5] which was later followed by a Bachelor of Education from the University of Toronto.[2] She was a teacher with the Toronto Board of Education for twenty years,[6] working at the Garden Avenue and Fern Avenue public schools,[7] and has also taught creative writing at the University of Toronto and Trent University.[6]
Works and honours
[edit]In 2004, she published Midnight at the Dragon Café, which was recognized in 2006 by the American Library Association as one of the year's notable books,[8] and was subsequently honoured with an Alex Award in 2008, for having special appeal to young adults. In 2011, this book was chosen by the Toronto Public Library as the One Book Selection, a single work that Torontonians should read within the year.[9]
In 2010, The Year of Finding Memory was selected by The Globe and Mail as one of the top 100 books of the year.[10]
Personal life
[edit]She currently resides with her husband on a farm near Toronto.[6]
Bibliography
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- —— (1997). China Dog and Other Tales from a Chinese Laundry. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 9780771010736.[11]
- —— (2004). Midnight at the Dragon Café. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 9780771010972.[12]
Non-fiction
[edit]- —— (2010). The Year of Finding Memory. Random House. ISBN 9780307356529.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Rebecca Wigod (January 24, 2004). "Judy Fong Bates: Profile" (PDF). Vancouver Sun. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
- ^ a b Paula Jessop. "Judy Fong Bates". Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013.
- ^ Sarah Hampson (June 7, 2010). "'My parents are a part of Canadian history': Judy Fong Bates". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
- ^ "Judy Fong Bates returns to read at Acton Library". Independent and Free Press. October 3, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Biographical info". judyfongbates.com. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ Gillies, Charene (Spring 2011). "Sunnyside Garden Daycare News" (PDF). GardenAvenews. Toronto: Garden Avenue School Advisory Council. p. 8.
- ^ "The 2006 list". American Library Association. October 9, 2008.
- ^ "Toronto Public Library Announces 2011 One Book Selection". Toronto Public Library.
- ^ "The 2010 Globe 100: Non-fiction". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ^ Bates, Judy Fong (2005). Midnight at the Dragon Cafe. Internet Archive. Toronto: Emblem Editions. ISBN 9780771010972.
- ^ Bates, Judy Fong (2010). The Year of Finding Memory: A Memoir. Internet Archive. Toronto: Random House Canada. ISBN 9780307356529.
External links
[edit]- Judy Fong Bates (February 4, 2017). Word on the Hills (Radio broadcast). Cobourg, Ontario: CFWN-FM.
- "Judy Fong Bates reveals the lives of small-town Chinese restaurants". YLife - York University Newsletter for Students. November 22, 2011. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013.
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