Julie Keith

Julie Houghton Keith is an American-Canadian writer, best known for her short-story collections The Jaguar Temple and The Devil Out There.

Background

She was born and brought up near Chicago, and was educated at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She received a B.A. from Smith College in 1962 and an M.A. from Concordia University in 1989. She is married to lawyer Dick Pound, a former vice-president of the International [Olympic Committee].

Writing

Her first collection of short stories, The Jaguar Temple, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for [English-language fiction] at the 1995 Governor General's Awards. Her second collection, The Devil Out There, won the Quebec [Writers' Federation Awards|Quebec Writers' Federation's award for fiction] in 2000.
Keith also won the Quebec Writers' Federation Community Award in 2006.