Pearl Luke

Pearl Luke, BA; MA; was born in Peace River, Alberta. She has been writing and editing professionally since 1988. Early in her writing career, she worked for three different publishers as a proofreader and copy-editor, and in 1998 she earned a master’s degree from the University of Calgary, after which she taught English Literature and Advanced Composition at DeVry Institute of Technology. Pearl now mentors emerging writers for UBC and online at www.pearlluke.com Visit her new creative writing site at www.be-a-better-writer.com

While teaching, Pearl completed her first book length work, a finalist for the 1999 Chapters/Robertson Davies prize for unpublished first novels. Published to critical acclaim in 2000, Burning Ground (HarperCollins, 2000) was named a Globe & Mail notable book of the year. In 2001, it was nominated for the Georges Bugnet award, the Canadian Booksellers’ Libris award, and won the 2001 Commonwealth Prize for best first book in Canada and the Caribbean.

Pearl Luke was writer in residence for the City of Taipei, Taiwan in 2000. She and her partner, author Robert Hilles, have facilitated numerous writing workshops around the country, and offer private workshops on Salt Spring Island, one-on-one writing consultations, and online mentoring programs.

Pearl Luke's second novel, Madame Zee, was published to critical acclaim in 2006. It was nominated for the 2008 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and was a Chataleine and Canadian Living Book of the Month.

Pearl Luke’s Literary Agent:

Denise Bukowski
The Bukowski Agency
14 Prince Arthur Ave., Ste. 202
Toronto, ON M5R 1A9
Tel: 416-928-6728
http://www.thebukowskiagency.com/