Julie Keith

{{short description|American-Canadian writer}}

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| name = Julie Keith

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| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| occupation = Writer

| period = 1990s–present

| nationality = American, Canadian

| notableworks = The Jaguar Temple, The Devil Out There

| education = Smith College (BA)
Concordia University (MA)

| spouse = Dick Pound

| children = 2

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Julie Houghton Keith{{cite magazine|url=http://157.166.246.201/vault/article/magazine/MAG1027747/index.htm |title=The Dick Pound File |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=December 16, 2002 |first=Frank |last=Deford |accessdate=November 3, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104045758/http://157.166.246.201/vault/article/magazine/MAG1027747/index.htm |archivedate=November 4, 2014 }} is an American-Canadian writer, best known for her short-story collections The Jaguar Temple and The Devil Out There.

Background

She was born and brought up near Chicago,"The Giller v. the G-Gs: a tale of two literary awards". The Globe and Mail, November 4, 1995. and was educated at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She received a B.A. from Smith College in 1962 and an M.A. from Concordia University in 1989.{{cite web|url=http://www.writersunion.ca/member/julie-keith |title=MEMBER PROFILE - JULIE KEITH |publisher=The Writers' Union of Canada |accessdate=November 3, 2014 }} She is married to lawyer Dick Pound, a former vice-president of the International Olympic Committee."Ultimate Games insider crusades against doping". Calgary Herald, July 10, 2004.

Writing

Her first collection of short stories, The Jaguar Temple (Nuage Editions, 1995), was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1995 Governor General's Awards. Her second collection, The Devil Out There (Knopf Canada, 1999), won the Quebec Writers' Federation's award for fiction in 2000."Grescoe a double-winner at Quebec writers' awards". The Gazette, December 1, 2000.

Keith also won the Quebec Writers' Federation Community Award in 2006."De Niro's Game wins two Quebec prizes". Ottawa Citizen, November 24, 2006.

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