Mary-Ann Kirkby
{{short description|Canadian author (born 1959)}}
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Mary-Ann Kirkby (born 1959) is a Canadian author who has written two memoirs about her upbringing in the Hutterite tradition.
Early life
Kirkby was born on a Hutterite colony in Manitoba to Ronald and Mary Dornn.{{cite news|last1=Tarnowetzki|first1=Robin|title=Author gives inside look into Hutterite community|url=http://www.humboldtjournal.ca/entertainment/arts-entertainment/author-gives-inside-look-into-hutterite-community-1.1636117|accessdate=13 December 2016|publisher=Humboldt Journal|date=December 3, 2014}} Her family left the colony in 1969 when Kirkby was ten years old due to a conflict between Kirkby's father and the colony's head minister.{{cite news|last1=Schellenberg|first1=Jodi|title=Local author brings light to Hutterite life|url=http://www.paherald.sk.ca/News/Local/2014-04-20/article-3694942/Local-author-brings-light-to-Hutterite-life/1|accessdate=13 December 2016|publisher=Prince Albert Daily Herald|date=August 20, 2014}} Kirkby studied broadcast journalism in college, eventually becoming a television reporter and singer.{{cite news|last1=Donnelly|first1=Pat|title=A Saskatchewan Star: Mary-Ann Kirkby, author of I Am Hutterite|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/theatre/a-saskatchewan-star-mary-ann-kirkby-author-of-i-am-hutterite|accessdate=13 December 2016|publisher=Montreal Gazette|date=August 16, 2008}}
Books
Kirkby has written two books about her Hutterite upbringing. I Am Hutterite was originally self-published in 2007, earning enough commercial and critical success to lead to a 2010 re-release by publishers Key Porter Books in Canada and Thomas Nelson in the United States.{{cite news |last=Medley |first=Mark |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/afterword/self-publishing-doing-it-yourself-doing-it-better |title=Self-publishing: Doing it yourself & doing it better |work=National Post |date=June 12, 2010 |accessdate=2016-12-15 }}{{cite news |last=Van Rooy |first=Michael |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2017282341.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118080900/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2017282341.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |title=Hutterite memoir inks U.S. deal |work=Winnipeg Free Press |date=April 24, 2010 |accessdate=2016-12-15 |via=HighBeam Research}}{{cite news |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8499-4810-7 |title=I Am Hutterite: The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman's Journey to Reclaim her Heritage (review) |work=Publishers Weekly |date=March 8, 2010 |accessdate=2016-12-15 }} The follow-up, Secrets of a Hutterite Kitchen, was published in 2014.{{cite news |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-14-3184-78-2 |title= Secrets of a Hutterite Kitchen: Unveiling the Rituals, Traditions, and Food of the Hutterite Culture (review) |work=Publishers Weekly |date=June 2, 2014 |accessdate=2016-12-15 }} Kirkby won the 2007 Saskatchewan Book Award for Non-fiction{{cite news|last1=Dakin|first1=Keely|title=I Am Hutterite|url=http://www.paherald.sk.ca/Local/News/2012-03-21/article-2936135/I-Am-Hutterite/1|accessdate=13 December 2016|work=Prince Albert Daily Herald|date=March 21, 2012}} and the Gold Prize for Best Culinary Narrative at the 2015 Taste Canada Food Writing Awards.{{cite news|last1=Clarke|first1=Tyler|title=Offering Hutterites a voice|url=http://www.paherald.sk.ca/News/Local/2016-09-08/article-4636115/Offering-Hutterites-a-voice/1|accessdate=13 December 2016|work=Prince Albert Daily Herald|date=September 8, 2016}} Kirkby has also co-written a children's book entitled Make a Rabbit, which she self-published in 2010.{{cite news |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2167256381.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118014856/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2167256381.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |title=Self-published success launches new book |work=Winnipeg Free Press |date=October 20, 2010 |accessdate=2016-12-15 |via=HighBeam Research}}
Personal life
She is married to Gordon Kirkby, a politician.
References
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External links
- [http://www.polkadotpress.ca Polka Dot Press]
- [http://www.cbc.ca/books/2014/10/mary-ann-kirkby-on-the-secrets-of-a-hutterite-kitchen.html Mary-Ann Kirkby on the Secrets of a Hutterite Kitchen]
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Category:Writers from Manitoba
Category:21st-century Canadian memoirists