Liz Howard (writer)


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Liz Howard is a Canadian writer.[1] Her debut poetry collection, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent, was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2015 Governor General's Awards,[2] and winner of the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize.[3][4][5]

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Liz Howard at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2016

Howard at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2016

Liz Howard grew up in Chapleau, Northern Ontario.[6] Howard is of Anishinaabe descent through her paternal grandmother.[7][8] She studied cognitive neuroscience at the University of Toronto.[1] Howard received an MFA in Creative Writing[9] from the University of Guelph.