Kelly Aitken, Toronto, Ontario

2000

Kelly Aitken was born in Vancouver. She received a Fine Arts degree from the University of Guelph, and now works as an ESL teacher and art instructor at the Canadian Co-operative for Language and Cultural Studies in Toronto.

Kelly Aitken was one of authors included in the anthology Coming Attractions '96, edited by Diane Schoemperlen.

Published novel “Love In A Warm Climate”, Porcupine's Quill publisher; short-listed (`Best First Book') for the Commonwealth Writers Prize, 1999.

“These are stories to shout about. They are boldly, daringly original without being difficult to understand -- no mean feat. The first-person voice, a common feature of writing these days, is made to do unexpected things, to behave in unexpected ways.”