Kate Cayley

Kate Cayley
Born Toronto, Ontario
Occupation writer, theatre director
Genre playwright, short stories, poetry, young adult literature
Notable works How You Were Born, The Hangman in the Mirror, After Akhmatova

Kate Cayley is a Canadian writer and theatre director. She is the artistic director of Stranger Theatre,[1] and the current playwright-in-residence at Tarragon Theatre.[1]

As a playwright, her plays have included The Yellow Wallpaper Project,[2] The Hanging of Françoise Laurent, Clown of God, And What Alice Found There, The Counterfeit Marquise,[3] After Akhmatova[4] and The Bakelite Masterpiece.[1]

She won the Geoffrey Bilson Award in 2012 for her young adult novel The Hangman in the Mirror,[5] and the Trillium Book Award in 2015 for her short story collection How You Were Born.[6] She was also shortlisted for a ReLit Award in 2014 for her poetry collection How This World Comes to an End, and for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2015 Governor General's Awards for How You Were Born.[7]

She lives in Toronto, Ontario with her partner, stage manager and puppeteer Lea Ambros, and their children.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Geordie Johnson and Irene Poole to Star in Tarragon's THE BAKELITE MASTERPIECE". BroadwayWorld, September 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "The writhing on the wall". The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2002.
  3. ↑ "Potent puppets". Now, February 4, 2004.
  4. ↑ "As dark as a day in the gulag". The Globe and Mail, June 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Kid-lit winners announced". Ottawa Citizen, November 23, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Kate Cayley wins Trillium Book Award: Toronto-based playwright, poet and novelist takes $20K prize with collection of short stories". Toronto Star, June 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Governor-General’s Literary Awards announces finalists". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
  8. ↑ Kate Cayley at Annick Press.



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