Rebecca Godfrey grew up in Victoria, British Columbia. She received a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Toronto, then attended graduate school at Sarah Lawrence College, where she received her M.F.A. in Creative Writing. She is the recipient of two Yaddo Fellowships.In addition to Under the Bridge, which won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Nonfiction Book of 2006 and the British Columbia Award for Canadian Nonfiction, she is the author of the novel The Torn Skirt. Godfrey lives in New York City.
...books and plays written about the murder. Tara Atluri’s, “Under Whose Bridge? Race, class, and gender in Rebecca Godfrey’s book Under The Bridge ”, and Michele Byers’, “Putting on Reena Virk: Celebrity, authorship, and identity”, point out...
...Lorna Goodison for From Harvey River (2008) Noah Richler for This Is My Country, What's Yours? (2007) Rebecca Godfrey for Under the Bridge (2006) Patrick Lane for There Is a Season (2005) The BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction is presented by the...
...Lorna Goodison for From Harvey River (2008) Noah Richler for This Is My Country, What's Yours? (2007) Rebecca Godfrey for Under the Bridge (2006) Patrick Lane for There Is a Season (2005) The BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction is presented by the...
...during the Helensville event. The first six roses reaped big prizes for its winners Tracy Correlus, Pauline Mee, Rebecca Godfrey, Diana Tam, Peter Edlington and Matt Hampton. The Helensville Lions event, run on the closest weekend to Valentine's Day,...