Dykstra, Monique 1964-
DYKSTRA, Monique 1964-
PERSONAL:
Born August 11, 1964, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; daughter of Peter (a lawyer) and Gail (a teacher, secretary, and writer) Dykstra; married Saeb Hachem (a mathematician).
ADDRESSES:
Home—4595 St. Kevin, Apt. 7, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1J1. Office—Box 1304, Place du Parc, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2X 4A7. E-mail—monique@studioiris.ca.
CAREER:
Montreal Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, columnist, 1992-98; freelance writer and photographer, 1998—. Dawson College, professor.
WRITINGS:
(And photographer) My Heart on the Yukon River: Portraits from Alaska and the Yukon, Washington State University Press (Pullman, WA), 1997.
(And photographer) Alone in the Appalachians: A City Girl's Trek from Maine to the Gaspé, Raincoast Book (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), 2002, published as Alone in the Appalachians: A City Girl's Journey from Maine to the Gaspé, Raincoast Books (San Diego, CA), 2002.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
PERIODICALS
Canadian Geographic, July-August, 1998, Stephen Smith, review of My Heart on the Yukon River: Portraits from Alaska and the Yukon, p. 74; July-August, 2002, Alex Ross, review of Alone in the Appalachians: A City Girl's Trek from Maine to the Gaspé, p. 97.