Candles [Paperback]

(An) accessible story of courage and strength of character in the face of adversity--highly recommended. -- Canadian Book Review Annual

(Kositsky's) present-day narrator is smart-mouthed and ironic, and her world...is one readers can enter with ease. -- Quill and Quire

Lynne Kositsky was born in Montreal, grew up in England and now lives in Toronto. She has published numberous poems, a chapbook of poetry, pcb jam, and has won several awards for her writing, including the prestigious E.J. Pratt Award. Candles is her first full-length novel.

Kositsky has earned numerous degrees with specialties in English and Drama, as well as a Bachelor of Education. She taught English, Social Studies and Drama until recently, when she resigned to pursue writing full time. With over a hundred poems published in different periodicals and magazines, as well as in various anthologies, she has also performed numerous poetry readigs over the years at Harbourfront and Hart House.