Animal Tales

Patricia Young

Patricia Young is the author of twelve poetry collections and one book of short fiction. Her poems have been widely anthologized and also appeared in six chapbooks and numerous magazines and journals. She has twice been nominated for the Governor General’s Award for poetry and has won the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, the CBC Poetry Prize, the Bliss Carman Poetry Award, the Confederation Poets Prize, and several National Magazine Awards. She lives in Victoria.