ROOKE, Leon

ROOKE, Leon. Canadian (born United States), b. 1934. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Plays/Screenplays. Career: Writer. Recipient: Mac- Dowell Fellowship, 1974; Epoch Prize, 1975; Canada Council Theatre and Fiction Grants, 1974-76, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1989; Yaddo Fellowship, 1979; Canada/Australia Prize, 1981. Publications: SHORT STORIES: Last One Home Sleeps in the Yellow Bed, 1968; The Love Parlour, 1977; The Broad Back of the Angel, 1977; Cry Evil, 1980; Death Suite, 1981; The Birth Control King of Upper Volta, 1982; Sing Me No More Love Songs, I'll Say You No Prayers, 1984; A Bolt of White Cloth, 1984; How I Saved the Province, 1988; The Happiness of Others, 1990; Who Do You Love, 1992; Oh!, 1997; Painting the Dog, 2001. NOVELS: Fat Woman, 1980; The Magician in Love, 1981; Shakespeare's Dog, 1983 (Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, 1984); A Good Baby, 1990; Who Goes There, 1998; The Fall of Gravity, 2000. PLAYS: Lady Pyshie's Cafe, 1960; Krokodile, 1973; Ms. America, 1974; Sword Play, 1974; Of Ice and Men, 1975; Shakespeare's Dog, 1985; The Good Baby, 1987; Evening Meeting of the Club of Suicide, 1991; The Coming, 1991. EDITOR WITH JOHN METCALF: 81: Best Canadian Stories, 1981; 82: Best Canadian Stories, 1982; The New Press Anthology: Best Canadian Short Fiction, 1984; The Macmillan Anthology One, 1988; The Macmillan Anthology Two, 1989. Address: c/o Liz Darhansoff, c/o Darhansoff & Verrill Literary Agents, 236 W 26th St Rm 802, New York, NY 10001-6736, U.S.A.