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M. A. C.
Known for sharp wit and a delight in the absurd, this Canadian writer has built a career out of turning everyday oddities into memorable fiction, memoir, and humor. Her work blends intelligence, playfulness, and a slightly off-center view of ordinary life.
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Born in Sydney, Australia, in 1947 and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, M.A.C. Farrant is a Canadian writer and journalist best known for short fiction, memoir, and humorous prose. She studied at the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University, and has long been associated with the literary life of British Columbia.
Over the course of her career, she has published around twenty books across fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and plays. She has also written book reviews for major Canadian newspapers, and her work has been recognized with the Victoria Book Prize along with nominations for several other literary awards.
Readers often single out her dry humor, observational sharpness, and affection for life's strangeness. Whether she is writing memoir or miniature fiction, her voice is often described as funny, sly, and wonderfully alert to the absurd.