Rosenblum, Rebecca

Rebecca Rosenblum was born in Hamilton, Ontario on May 23, 1978. She grew up in a small town near Hamilton and attended Ancaster High School. Rosenblum received an Honours English degree from McGill University in 2001, a publishing certificate from Ryerson University, and a masters of English and creative writing from University of Toronto in 2007. Rosenblum is a writer, editor, and works in publishing. Once, her first collection of stories published in 2008, won the annual Metcalf-Rooke Award. She was also announced as one of three finalists for the Writers’ Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize for Once. In Spring 2009, Rosenblum was a juror for the Journey Prize 21. In May 2009, Once was one of three finalists for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. In the summer of that year, Once was longlisted for the Relit Award, and her short story “Linh Lai” was a finalist for the Canadian National Magazine Awards. Road Trips, a chapbook, was published in 2010. Her second collection, The Big Dream, was published in 2011 and long listed for the Frank O’Connor Short Story award. One of the stories in the collection, “How To Keep Your Day Job,” was adapted into a short film. Rosenblum’s debut novel, So Much Love, was published in 2017 and placed on the Trillium Book Award Shortlist, Amazon First Novel Award Shortlist, Globe and Mail Top 100 Books List for 2017 and the Quill and Quire Books of the Year List. She is married to writer Mark Sampson. Rosenblum also writes for her blog, “Rebecca Rosenblum: Rose Coloured.”