Bonnie Burnard | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bonita Amelia Huctwith January 15, 1945 Petrolia, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | March 4, 2017 (aged 72) London, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist & Short story writer |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario |
| Notable works | A Good House |
| Notable awards | Commonwealth Writers' Prize (1989) Marian Engel Award (1995) Scotiabank Giller Prize (1999) |
Bonnie Burnard (January 15, 1945 – March 4, 2017) was a Canadian short story writer and novelist, best known for her 1999 novel, A Good House,[1] which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Born in Petrolia, Ontario, she grew up in Forest, Ontario, and moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, in the late 1970s. In the early 1990s she returned to Southwestern Ontario, and was a resident of London, Ontario, where she died on March 4, 2017.[2]