Background
Gail was born on November 14, 1963 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. She is the daughter of Eric Enfred, a sheep farmer, and Francis Irene, a sheep farmer and writer, Anderson.
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Gail was born on November 14, 1963 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. She is the daughter of Eric Enfred, a sheep farmer, and Francis Irene, a sheep farmer and writer, Anderson.
Gail studied at University of Victoria and obtained Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Creative Writing.
Gail began submitting fiction to little magazines and contests while working as a reporter, photographer, and cartoonist for the Salmon Arm Observer. From 1985 till 1988 Gail worked at Salmon Arm Observer (British Columbia, Canada). In 1990 she served as a research assistant for novelist Steve Noyes. Moreover, Anderson-Dargatz worked in bookstores when she was a college student.
In 1988 Gail got two scholarships from Shuswap Arts Council. In 1989 Gail got Patti Barker Bursary scholarship for creative writing. In 1991 she also obtained Rosalind Hulet Petch Memorial Scholarship for creative writing. In 1993 Anderson-Dargatz was short-listed for Sheffield (England) Thursday Literary Competition (for “Famous”). Also in 1993 Gail got first prize for fiction from CBC Radio Literary Awards for “The Girl with the Bell Necklace” (excerpt from The Cure for Death by Lightning). In 1996 Gail Anderson-Dargatz scored an international hit with her first novel.
Gail is maried to Floyd Dargatz, a dairy herdsman and farmer.
