Marion Quednau (born 1952) is a Canadian author, poet and children's writer who lives in British Columbia.Rod Currie, "Mission woman wins book prize". Vancouver Sun, April 2, 1988. Her novel, The Butterfly Chair, won the 1987 Books in Canada First Novel Award.H. J. Kirchhoff, "Butterfly Chair soars into winner's circle". The Globe and Mail, April 1, 1988.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was educated at the University of Toronto.Ken Adachi, "Quednau takes award with stirring first novel". Toronto Star, April 3, 1988. She subsequently moved to Western Canada, working for the Winnipeg Free Press and later for the feminist magazine Branching Out before settling in British Columbia.
She published the poetry collection Kissing: Selected Chronicles in 1999, for which she won the League of Canadian Poets Chapbook Award."Trio of poets kick off Blue Moon Series". Abbotsford News, August 3, 2006. Her 2009 poem "Paradise, Later Years" won a gold medal for The Malahat Review, as well as winning the poetry category in the Canadian National Magazine Awards in 2010.Christina Toth, "Mission's Quednau wins national prize". Abbotsford Times, June 18, 2010. It was later the title poem for her second poetry collection, Paradise, Later Years (2018).Michael Gurney, "Playhouse seeks to fill board gaps: Art Beat". The Coast Reporter, April 29, 2022.
She has also published the children's novel The Gift of Odin (2007),Amy Ma, "Pet lovers will love Tammy and her pig: The Gift of Odin". Toronto Star, March 22, 2007. and the short story collection Sunday Drive to Gun Club Road (2021).Rik Jespersen, "New story collection a finely crafted set". The Coast Reporter, September 9, 2021. Sunday Drive to Gun Club Road was shortlisted for the ReLit Award for short fiction in 2022."Short fiction from Norma Dunning, David Huebert, Alix Ohlin among works shortlisted for 2022 ReLit Awards". CBC Books, May 9, 2022.
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