Ann Lambert (born 1957) is a Montreal-based Canadian playwright and author. Her plays include Force of Circumstance, Parallel Lines and Very Heaven. Her debut novel, The Birds That Stay, was published in 2019. She also teaches at Dawson College.

Early life

Lambert was born in 1957 and was raised in West Island, Quebec.

Ann Lambert

Career

In 2019, Lambert along with Danielle Szydlowski, Laura Mitchell, and Lambert's daughter, Alice Abracen, founded the intergenerational women's collective, Théâtre Ouest End.

Ann Lambert

Lambert's first novel, a murder-mystery titled The Birds That Stay, was published in 2019 by Second Story Press. She released its sequel, The Dogs of Winter, in 2020.

Ann Lambert

Lambert retired in 2020 from teaching at Dawson College in Montreal.

Works

Plays

The Wall

Force of Circumstance

Parallel Lines

The Pilgrimage

Self Offense

Very Heaven

The Assumption of Empire

Novels

The Birds That Stay (2019) The Dogs of Winter (2020)

Personal life

Lambert is married to David Abracen, with whom she lives in Montreal. They have two children: a daughter, Alice, and a son, Isaac.

External links

The Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia

The Playwrights Database

References

1957 births

Canadian women dramatists and playwrights

Writers from Montreal

Living people

Academic staff of Dawson College

20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights

21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights

20th-century Canadian women writers

21st-century Canadian women writers