had lunch today with karen connelly (Kaz to her friends) who is in town promoting The Lizard Cage, her first novel. Connelly made a big splash 1993 when her memoir, Touch the Dragon: a Thai Journal, won the Governor General's award. She was just 24 and Touch the Dragon was a bestseller for two years. Since then she has published several books of poetry, exhibited her photos, and lived in Burma, Thailand, Spain and Greece.Connelly is back in Canada now, living in downtown Toronto with her new husband. We talked about all sorts of interesting stuff and, btw, she doesn't look nearly as austere in person as she does in this photo. To tide you over until her interview is up, here is Connelly's site.
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