Allison Mitcham
Allison Mitcham

Allison Mitcham has had her prose and poetry published in many Canadian and American publications. As well she is the author of 18 books. The focus of 8 of these is Atlantic Canada where she has lived for 37 years. After 20 years of teaching literature at the University of Moncton, she retired in 1988 to write full time. In 1992 she was awarded the title of professor emeritus by the University of Moncton. In 1994, Allison Mitcham received British Columbia’s Lieutentant Governor’s medal and the British Columbia Historical Federation’s prize for Taku, the Heart of North America’s Last Great Wilderness.

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