Gail Bowen

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| years_active = 1986–present

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Gail Dianne Bowen {{post-nominals|SOM}} ({{née}} Bartholomew; born September 22, 1942) is a Canadian playwright, writer of mystery novels and educator.

Biography

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Bowen was educated at the University of Toronto, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964. She then studied at the University of Waterloo, where she received a master's degree in 1975, and the University of Saskatchewan. She subsequently taught English in Saskatchewan, and was associate professor of English at First Nations University of Canada before retiring from teaching. She currently lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.{{cite web |url=https://www.uregina.ca/library/assets/docs/pdf/finding_aids/98_50.pdf |title=98-50 Gail Bowen |first=Mark|last=Vajcner |date=November 1999 |publisher=Dr. John Archer Library, University of Regina |access-date=May 25, 2021}}

Bowen's mystery novels feature Joanne Kilbourn, a widowed mother, political analyst and university professor who finds herself occasionally involved in criminal investigations in various parts of Saskatchewan.{{cite web |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gail-bowen/ |title=Gail Bowen |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |first1=Colin|last1=Boyd |first2=Karen|last2=Grandy |date=April 10, 2007|access-date=May 25, 2021}} Many have been adapted as Canadian television movies by Shaftesbury Films.

Several of her plays have been produced,[https://archive.today/20120723071329/http://www.banffcentre.ca/faculty/faculty_member.aspx?facId=3219 "Banff Centre faculty biography (2007)" ] including Dancing in Poppies, an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, The Tree and an adaptation of Peter Pan, all premiering at the Globe Theatre in Regina. Her radio play Dr. Dolittle was broadcast on CBC Radio in 2006. She wrote The World According to Charlie D.,[http://www.cbc.ca/gallery/guide.html "CBC Saskatchewan online program guide (2007)" ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417212629/http://www.cbc.ca/gallery/guide.html |date=April 17, 2008 }} a radio play focusing on the radio talk show host from her Joanne Kilbourn mysteries, broadcast on CBC Radio in 2007. A follow-up episode about Charlie D. aired in August 2008 as part of the WorldPlay series,[http://www.cbc.ca/radiosummer/worldofmystery/ "CBC WorldPlay 2008 Schedule" ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502124001/http://www.cbc.ca/radiosummer/worldofmystery/ |date=May 2, 2009 }} airing on public radio networks in six English-speaking countries. In 2010, the first of a series of mystery novellas about Charlie D.{{Cite web|url=http://orcabook.com/rapid-reads.com/loveyoutodeath.html|title = Love You to Death}} was published.

Bowen was selected as the writer-in-residence for the Regina Public Libraryhttps://leaderpost.com/travel/Gail+Bowen+serve+Regina+Public+Library+writer+residence/8855470/story.html{{dead link|date=December 2013|bot=WildBot}} from September 2013 to May 2014. She has previously served as writer in residence at the Toronto Reference Library (2009) and Calgary's Memorial Park Library (2010).

Bibliography

=Novels=

1919: The Love Letters of George and Adelaide (1986) Western Producer Prairie Books
Love You to Death (2010) Orca Book Publishers - Rapid Reads
One Fine Day You're Gonna Die (2010) Orca Book Publishers - Rapid Reads
The Shadow Killer (2011) Orca Book Publishers - Rapid Reads
The Thirteenth Rose (2013) Orca Book Publishers - Rapid Reads

==[[Joanne Kilbourn]] novels==

Deadly Appearances (1990) Douglas & McIntyre
Murder at the Mendel (1991, published in the US as Love and murder) Douglas & McIntyre
The Wandering Soul Murders (1992) Douglas & McIntyre
A Colder Kind of Death (1994, winner of the Arthur Ellis Award) McClelland & Stewart
A Killing Spring (1996) McClelland & Stewart
Verdict in Blood (1998) McClelland & Stewart
Burying Ariel (2000) McClelland & Stewart
The Glass Coffin (2002) McClelland & Stewart
The Last Good Day (2004) McClelland & Stewart
The White Bear (2005) McClelland & Stewart
The Endless Knot (2006) McClelland & Stewart
The Brutal Heart (2008) McClelland & Stewart
The Nesting Dolls (2010) McClelland & Stewart
Kaleidoscope (2012) McClelland & Stewart
The Gifted (2013) McLelland & Stewart
12 Rose Street (2015) McClelland & Stewart
What's Left Behind (2016) McClelland & Stewart
The Winner's Circle (2017) McClelland & Stewart
A Darkness of the Heart (2018) McClelland & Stewart
The Unlocking Season (2020) ECW Press
An Image in the Lake (2021)
What’s Past is Prologue (2022)
The Legacy (2023)

=Plays=

Dancing in Poppies (1993)
Beauty and the Beast (1993)
The Tree (1994)
Peter Pan (1998 adaptation) Canadian singer/songwriter Fred Penner portrayed Captain Hook in a 2000 production also with composer/actor Derek Aasland as Peter Pan.{{Cite news |last=Prokosh |first=Kevin |date=Dec 1, 2000 |title=PREVIEW - Peter Pan Will Fly Without Wires |work=The Winnipeg Free Press |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-dec-01-2000-p-48/ |access-date=Nov 26, 2022}}{{Cite news |last=Prokosh |first=Kevin |date=Dec 2, 2000 |title=REVIEW - Peter Pan Makes Wishes Come True |work=The Winnipeg Free Press |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-dec-02-2000-p-33/ |access-date=Nov 26, 2022}}