Caterina Edwards

Caterina Edwards is an active figure in the Alberta literary scene. From novels to drama to creative non-fiction, her passion for writing and challenging traditional genres fuels her literary innovations. After completing a BA in Honors English, Edwards earned her MA, studying under Sheila Watson and Rudy Wiebe. Her first novel, The Lion’s Mouth (NeWest, 1982) was translated into French by Jocelyne DoRay as La Gueule du lion (Balzac, 1999). Her play Terra Straniera was staged in Edmonton and published under the title Homeground (Guernica, 1990). Two novellas appear together as A Whiter Shade of Pale/ Becoming Emma (NeWest, 1992). Edwards has also written a collection of short stories, titled Island of the Nightingales (Guernica, 2000).

Edwards also works in creative non-fiction. Besides editing Eating Apples: Knowing Women’s Lives (NeWest, 1994) and Wrestling with the Angel: Women Reclaiming Their Lives (Red Deer College, 2000) with Kay Stewart. In 2008, Edwards published a non-fiction work called Finding Rosa, an account of her own journey into the realm of her mother’s dementia.