Diana Atkinson

Diana Atkinson ( Wigod) is a Canadian writer, who was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1995 Governor General's Awards for her novel Highways and Dancehalls.

Biography Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis as a child, and underwent frequent surgeries for the condition.

The novel was also a shortlisted nominee for the 1995 Chapters First Novel Award. A French-language translation, titled Strip, was published in 1998.

Atkinson won a Western Magazine Award in 2000 for "Falling Slowly", an essay published in Vancouver Magazine, and was nominated for a National Magazine Award in the same year for "From the Gut", an essay published in Western Living.