Christine Pountney

{{short description|Canadian author (born 1971)}} {{BLP one source|date=December 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} '''Christine Pountney''' (born 1971) is a Canadian author. She has published three novels, and has written for ''The Guardian'', the ''New York Times Magazine'', the ''Walrus'', ''Brick Magazine'', and ''Nuvo''.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Pountney grew up in Montreal, Quebec. She graduated with an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia in 1997. She lives in Toronto with her ex, Michael Winter, and their son, Leo.

== Awards and recognition == * ''Last Chance Texaco'' was long-listed for the Orange Prize in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christine Pountney {{!}} Hazlitt |url=https://hazlitt.net/authors/christine-pountney |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=hazlitt.net}}</ref>

== Bibliography == * ''Last Chance Texaco'' (2000) * ''The Best Way You Know How'' (2005) * ''Sweet Jesus'' (2012)

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