Gail Bowen


Gail Dianne Bowen is a Canadian playwright, writer of mystery novels and educator.

Biography

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Bowen was educated at the University of Toronto, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964. She then studied at the University of Waterloo, where she received a master's degree in 1975, and the University of Saskatchewan. She subsequently taught English in Saskatchewan, and was associate professor of English at First Nations University of Canada before retiring from teaching. She currently lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Bowen's mystery novels feature Joanne Kilbourn, a widowed mother, political analyst and university professor who finds herself occasionally involved in criminal investigations in various parts of Saskatchewan. Many have been adapted as Canadian television movies by Shaftesbury Films.
Several of her plays have been produced, including Dancing in Poppies, an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, The Tree and an adaptation of Peter Pan, all premiering at the Globe Theatre in Regina. Her radio play Dr. Dolittle was broadcast on CBC Radio in 2006. She wrote The World According to Charlie D., a radio play focusing on the radio talk show host from her Joanne Kilbourn mysteries, broadcast on CBC Radio in 2007. A follow-up episode about Charlie D. aired in August 2008 as part of the WorldPlay series, airing on public radio networks in six English-speaking countries. In 2010, the first of a series of mystery novellas about Charlie D. was published.
Bowen was selected as the writer-in-residence for the Regina Public Library from September 2013 to May 2014. She has previously served as writer in residence at the Toronto Reference Library and Calgary's Memorial Park Library.

Novels

1919: The Love Letters of George and Adelaide Western Producer Prairie Books

[Charlie D] novels

Love You to Death Orca Book Publishers - Rapid ReadsOne Fine Day You're Gonna Die Orca Book Publishers - Rapid ReadsThe Shadow Killer Orca Book Publishers - Rapid ReadsThe Thirteenth Rose Orca Book Publishers - Rapid Reads

[Joanne Kilbourn] novels

Deadly Appearances Douglas & McIntyreMurder at the Mendel Douglas & McIntyreThe Wandering Soul Murders Douglas & McIntyreA Colder Kind of Death McClelland & StewartA Killing Spring McClelland & StewartVerdict in Blood McClelland & StewartBurying Ariel McClelland & StewartThe Glass Coffin McClelland & StewartThe Last Good Day McClelland & StewartThe Endless Knot McClelland & StewartThe Brutal Heart McClelland & Stewart
  • The Nesting Dolls McClelland & StewartKaleidoscope McClelland & StewartThe Gifted McLelland & Stewart12 Rose Street McClelland & StewartWhat's Left Behind McClelland & StewartThe Winner's Circle McClelland & StewartA Darkness of the Heart McClelland & StewartThe Unlocking Season ECW PressAn Image in the Lake
  • What’s Past is Prologue
  • The Legacy

Plays

Dancing in Poppies Beauty and the Beast The Tree Peter Pan Canadian singer/songwriter Fred Penner portrayed Captain Hook in a 2000 production also with composer/actor Derek Aasland as Peter Pan.