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Jodi Lundgren, Arts & Science, English

Biography:

Jodi Lundgren is continually surprised and inspired by the students in her English and Creative Writing classes at Camosun College. The winner of a Canada Council Emerging Writer’s grant, she has published four novels: Touched (Anvil), Leap (Second Story) and Blow (Lorimer) and recently, Gone wild (Lorimer). A collection of absurdist prose poetry, Tardy in Teal, is part of the Greater Victoria Public Library’s Emerging Local Authors’ collection. Her short stories and creative non-fiction have appeared in Dropped Threads, Adbusters, Capilano Review, sub-Terrain, and others. You can read more at http://jodilundgren.com/

Published works

Gone Wild by Jodi Lundgren
Call Number: Lansdowne PS 8573 U542 G65 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Bullied in foster care and then by his adoptive mother's boyfriend, Seth decides to head out on his own. Brooke thinks she might be pregnant and, instead of facing her controlling mother, she runs. The strangers meet in a wilderness park on Vancouver Island, where basic survival is a challenge. As they work together to find food, water, and shelter, they find the strength to take control of their own lives.
Blow by Jodi Lundgren
Call Number: PS 8573 U542 B56 2014
Publication Date: 2014
As far as Mary, a.k.a. Meringue, can tell, the only good thing about moving from Vancouver to Red Deer following her parents' divorce is that she was able to get a head-start on earning her Learner's Permit. Now she's sixteen, she can drive on her own. When her friend Jeff asks her to cover his pizza route, Meringue jumps at the chance to cruise around town on her mother's scooter. Little does she know that Jeff has been using his father's pizza shop as a cover-up for his small-scale drug deals. By the time Meringue figures out what's going on, a bigger drug dealer is moving in on Jeff's business -- and on her. Meringue is scared. How can she get herself out without snitching? [Fry reading level - 3.0]