Author
Cassie Stocks, in 2013, became the first woman in seventeen years to be awarded the Leacock Medal for humour writing for her novel Dance, Gladys, Dance. She has been published in magazines and journals such as Avenue, Literary Mama, Other Voices and Reader’s Digest. Cassie lives in Eston, Saskatchewan, and is the town librarian.
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