Gloria Sawai (20 December 1932 – 20 July 2011), born Gloria Ruth Ostrem in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was an American-born fiction author, based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She died on 20 July 2011. In early childhood, she moved with her family to Saskatchewan, then in her youth to Alberta. Her father was a Lutheran minister. Education 1948: Camrose Lutheran College (today the University of Alberta Augustana Faculty) (Camrose, Alberta). October 2003: Received Distinguished Alumni Award 1953: Bachelor of Arts, Augsburg College (Minneapolis, Minnesota) 1977: Master of Fine Arts, University of Montana (Missoula, Montana) Awards and recognition fiction winner, Governor General's Award, A Song for Nettie Johnson, 2002 Danuta Gleed Literary Award: A Song for Nettie Johnson, Coteau Books, for the year 2001 Works 1983: contributor, Three Times Five: Short Stories (NeWest) 2001: A Song for Nettie Johnson (Coteau) 2002 reissue: References External links Coteau Books: author profiles, including Gloria Sawai, Retrieved 17 July 2006 The Canadian Encyclopedia: Gloria Sawai, Retrieved 17 July 2006 , p. 8 "Sawai will be special guest", Retrieved 17 July 2006 1932 births 2011 deaths American expatriate writers in Canada Christian writers Writers from Edmonton Writers from Minneapolis Governor General's Award-winning fiction writers University of Montana alumni Canadian women novelists 20th-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers