Elizabeth Hay

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born

January 01, 1951 in Owen Sound, Canada

gender

female

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http://elizabethhay.com

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Literature & Fiction

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From Elizabeth Hay's web site:
"Elizabeth Hay was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, the daughter of a high school principal and a painter, and one of four children. When she was fifteen, a year in England opened up her world and set her on the path to becoming a writer. She attended the University of Toronto, then moved out west, and in 1974 went north to Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. For the next ten years she worked as a CBC radio broadcaster in Yellowknife, Winnipeg, and Toronto, and eventually freelanced from Mexico. In 1986 she moved from Mexico to New York City, and in 1992, with her husband and two children, she returned to Canada, settling in Ottawa, where she has lived ever since.

In 2007 Elizabeth Hay's third novel, Late Nigh...more

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Average rating: 3.39 · 3,266 ratings · 523 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Late Nights on Air 3.40 avg rating — 2,048 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Alone in the Classroom 3.22 avg rating — 495 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Student of Weather 3.62 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Garbo Laughs 3.05 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Small Change 3.54 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Only Snow in Havana 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Captivity Tales: Canadians in New York 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	Sambo Sahib: The Story Of Little Black Sambo And Helen Bannerman 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Triumph of Grace: Or Recollections of a Peaceful Deathbed (1846) by Elizabeth Hay, William George Hay 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Crossing The Snow Line 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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Quotes by Elizabeth Hay

“She would always be living her life backwards, she realized, trying to regain something perfect that she'd lost.”
― Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air

8 people liked it

“You stand next to the sea and you're in touch with all your longings and all your losses.”
― Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air

8 people liked it

“And when is it ever convincing, the belief others have in your abilities? You know perfectly well they can't see the mess inside you.”
― Elizabeth Hay, Alone in the Classroom

5 people liked it

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