Novelist, playwright and English professor
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Key moments and achievements from Gail Bowen's life.
Gail was born
· Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Degree
Bowen completed her undergraduate degree in her home city before pursuing graduate study and a move west to Saskatchewan.
Degree
Bowen completed her undergraduate degree in her home city before pursuing graduate study and a move west to Saskatchewan.
Publication
Her debut novel introduced amateur sleuth Joanne Kilbourn and launched a mystery series that would run for more than thirty years. The book was a finalist for a best first novel award.
Publication
Her debut novel introduced amateur sleuth Joanne Kilbourn and launched a mystery series that would run for more than thirty years. The book was a finalist for a best first novel award.
Award
Bowen received the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for A Colder Kind of Death, one of the standout entries in the Joanne Kilbourn series.
Award
Bowen received the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for A Colder Kind of Death, one of the standout entries in the Joanne Kilbourn series.
Role
Alongside her growing literary fame, Bowen advanced in academia and became head of the English department at the University of Regina.
Role
Alongside her growing literary fame, Bowen advanced in academia and became head of the English department at the University of Regina.
Honour
Reader's Digest recognized Bowen as Canada's best mystery novelist, cementing her national standing in the genre.
Honour
Reader's Digest recognized Bowen as Canada's best mystery novelist, cementing her national standing in the genre.
Award
Bowen was named a Grand Master by the Crime Writers of Canada, the organization's highest career honour, following its 2009 Derrick Murdoch Award.
Award
Bowen was named a Grand Master by the Crime Writers of Canada, the organization's highest career honour, following its 2009 Derrick Murdoch Award.
Publication
Bowen finished the final Joanne Kilbourn novel, Homecoming, which is to be published after her death, bringing her signature series to a close.
Publication
Bowen finished the final Joanne Kilbourn novel, Homecoming, which is to be published after her death, bringing her signature series to a close.
Gail Bowen passed away
