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Born in Owen Sound , Ontario , she was educated at the University Of Toronto . Hay worked for CBC Radio as an interviewer and documentarian in Yellowknife , Northwest Territories , Winnipeg , Manitoba , and Toronto , Ontario. Between 1984 and 1986, she worked as a Freelance broadcaster in Latin America .

She now lives in Ottawa , Ontario.

Her novel ''A Student of Weather'' (2000) was nominated for the Giller Prize . She has twice been a nominee for the Governor General's Award , for ''Small Change'' in 1997 and for ''Garbo Laughs'' in 2003 .

In 2001, she received the Marian Engel Award , presented by the Writers' Trust Of Canada to an established female writer for her body of work.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • ''Crossing the Shadow Line'' (1989)

  • ''The Only Snow in Havana'' (1992)

  • ''Captivity Tales: Canadians in New York'' (1993)

  • ''Only Snow in Havana'' (1996)

  • ''Small Change'' (1997)

  • ''A Student of Weather'' (2000)

  • ''Garbo Laughs'' (2003)