![]() ![]() "I never saw eating disorders represented in the media discourse in the way it played itself out in life." According to Kaslik, her goal in writing the novel "was to demystify clichés about anorexia." She was inspired to write a book about anorexia because it was "a topic that I experienced directly in my personal life and social group," as she explained in her interview. Kaslik noted in an interview with the Danforth Review online that the development of Skinny began in a creative-writing class during graduate school. Skinny centers on a twenty-something medical student named Giselle, who suffers from anorexia. Ibi Kaslik has a flair for thought-provoking topics, as readers of her debut novel Skinny can attest. Skinny, HarperCollins (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2004, Walker & Company ( New York, NY), 2006. Awards, Honorsīest First Novel Award shortlist, / Books in Canada, 2004, Best Young-Adult Novel designation, Canadian Library Association, 2005, and Borders Original Voice award, 2006, all for Skinny. E-mail- CareerĪuthor, teacher, and freelance journalist. ![]() Home and office-Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (creative writing and English literature). Born August 20, 1973, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ![]()
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