Heidi L. M. Jacobs
Heidi L. M. Jacobs is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass and Purveyor of Fine Footwear won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in 2020.[1]
Originally from Edmonton, Alberta,[2] she is currently a librarian at the University of Windsor.[1] Molly of the Mall is based in part on her own experience as a university student in the 1990s, centred on a character balancing her studies in literature with her job at a shoe store in a fictionalized version of the West Edmonton Mall.[2] The novel was published by NeWest Press in 2019.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Samraweet Yohannes, "Heidi L. M. Jacobs wins $15K Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for debut novel". CBC Books, June 5, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fish Griwkowsky, "Edmonton-born Heidi L.M. Jacobs wins Leacock for novel set in a certain gigantic mall". Edmonton Journal, June 11, 2020.
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- 21st-century Canadian novelists
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- Canadian women novelists
- Canadian librarians
- Women librarians
- Writers from Edmonton
- Writers from Windsor, Ontario
- Stephen Leacock Award winners
- Living people
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