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| First Name | Jean |
| Last Name | Van Loon |
| Member Since | October 3, 2003 |
| jean.vanloon27@gmail.com | |
| City | Ottawa |
| State | Ontario |
| Country | Canada |
| Branch Affiliation | National Capital Region |
| @JeanVanloon | |
| Jean Van Loon | |
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| Bio | Jean Van Loon is a life-long resident of Ottawa. Since retiring from a career as a public servant and head of the steel industry’s national trade association, she has published poems and stories in literary magazines across Canada and in Journey Prize Stories 19. When not at her desk, she often walks through the Experimental Farm, comprised in large part of farmland bought from J.R. Booth, the industrialist who inspired her first poetry collection, Building on River, (Cormorant Books, 2018), which was a finalist for the Ottawa Book Awards. Her second book, Nuclear Family, will be published by Mc'Gill-Queen's University Press April 2022. |
| Publications | Nuclear Family, Poems, McGill-Queen's University Press, April 2022. Building on River, Poems, Cormorant Books, 2018. |
| Other Memberships | The Writers' Union of Canada League of Canadian Poets |
| Awards | Anthologized in Journey Prize Stories 19, 2007 Finalist for Ottawa Book Award 2019 |
| Genres | Poetry, Short Stories |
| Available For | Readings, Workshops, Book Club Meetings |
| Services Offered | Book Reviews |