| Joan Barfoot |
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| canadian novelists | |
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Her 1986 novel ''Dancing in the Dark'' became a movie of the same name, starring Martha Henry . It won three Genie Awards , including Best Art Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. Barfoot's work has been compared internationally with that of Anne Tyler , Carol Shields , Margaret Drabble , Fay Weldon and Margaret Atwood . In 1992, she won the Marian Engel Award , presented each year by the Writers' Trust Of Canada to a female Canadian novelist who is in the middle of her career. She lives in London , Ontario . WORKS
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