Alison Calder

Alison Calder (born 21 December 1969 in London) She was also a Distinguished Junior Scholar in Residence at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia.

In 2004, she won the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers.

Calder wrote a collection of essays in 2005 called History, Literature, and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies which examines literary criticism. It was a finalist for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award.

She also co-wrote the chapbook Ghost Works: Improvisations in Letters and Poems, with Jeanette Lynes.

She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba and works in the English Department at the University of Manitoba, where she teaches literature and creative writing. She is married to writer Warren Cariou.