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A ___MASK62___ is a person who uses written words in various styles and techniques to communicate their ideas . Writers produce various forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels , short stories , poetry , plays , screenplays , and essays as well as various reports and news articles that may be of interest to the public . Writers ' texts are published across a range of media . Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society . The word is also used elsewhere in the arts  such as songwriter  but as a standalone term , " ___MASK62___ " normally refers to the creation of written language . Some writers work from an oral tradition . McGill University is an English and French - language public ___MASK71___ university in Montreal , Quebec , ___MASK91___ , ranked among the world ' s top 30 institutions . It was established in 1821 by royal charter , issued by ___MASK64___ George IV of Great Britain . The University bears the name of James McGill , a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland whose bequest in 1813 formed the university ' s precursor , McGill College . Jacob M . Appel ( born February 21 , 1973 ) is an American ___MASK72___ , bioethicist , physician , lawyer and ___MASK37___ . He is best known for his short stories , his work as a ___MASK10___ , and his writing in the fields of reproductive ethics , organ donation , neuroethics and euthanasia . Appel ' s novel " The Man Who Wouldn ' t Stand Up " won the Dundee International Book Prize in 2012 . Vancouver , officially the City of Vancouver , is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia , ___MASK91___ , and the most populous city in the province . A ___MASK71___ university is a university that expects all its tenured and tenure - track ___MASK59___ to continuously engage in ___MASK71___ , as opposed to merely requiring it as a condition of an initial appointment or tenure . Such universities can be recognized by their strong focus on innovative ___MASK71___ and the prestige of their brand names . On the one hand , ___MASK71___ universities strive to recruit ___MASK59___ who are the most brilliant minds in their disciplines in the world , and their students enjoy the opportunity to learn from such experts . On the other hand , new students are often disappointed to realize their undergraduate courses at ___MASK71___ universities are overly academic and fail to provide vocational training with immediate " real world " applications ; but many employers value degrees from ___MASK71___ universities because they know that such coursework develops fundamental skills like critical thinking . An ___MASK72___ is narrowly defined as the originator of any written work and can thus also be described as a ___MASK62___ ( with any distinction primarily being an implication that an ___MASK72___ is a ___MASK62___ of one or more major works , such as books or plays ). More broadly defined , an ___MASK72___ is " the person who originated or gave existence to anything " and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created . The more specific phrase published ___MASK72___ refers to an ___MASK72___ ( especially but not necessarily of books ) whose work has been independently accepted for publication by a reputable publisher , versus a self - publishing ___MASK72___ or an unpublished one . ___MASK91___ ( French : ) is a country in the northern half of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . ___MASK91___ ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . ___MASK91___ is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the country ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other ___MASK61___ urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . Robert Olen ___MASK42___ ( born January 20 , 1945 ) is an American fiction ___MASK62___ . His short - story collection " A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain " was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993 . Self - publishing is the publication of any ___MASK57___ or other media by its ___MASK72___ without the involvement of an established ___MASK41___ . A self - published physical ___MASK57___ is said to have been privately printed . The ___MASK72___ is in control of the entire process including , for a ___MASK57___ , the design of the cover and interior , formats , price , distribution , marketing , and ___MASK27___ . The authors can do it all themselves or may outsource some or all the work to companies which offer these services . Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley , in the southern interior of British Columbia , ___MASK91___ . It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan . Its name derives from an Okanagan language term for " grizzly bear ". Kelowna is the third largest metropolitan area in the province and ranks as the 22nd largest in ___MASK91___ , with a population of 179 , 839 in 2011 . Nearby communities include the City of West Kelowna ( also referred to as Westbank , Westside ) to the west across Okanagan Lake , Lake Country and Vernon to the north , as well as Peachland to the southwest and , further to the south , Summerland and Penticton . Pushcart Prize winner and Best American Short Stories ___MASK72___ Mark Wisniewski third novel , " Watch Me Go " ( Penguin Putnam , January 22 , 2015 ), received early praise from Salman Rushdie , Ben Fountain , and Daniel Woodrell . Mark ' s first novel , " Confessions of a Polish Used Car Salesman ", was praised by the " Los Angeles Times ", the " Chicago Tribune ", the " Milwaukee Journal - Sentinel ", and C . Michael Curtis of " The Atlantic Monthly ". Wisniewski ' s second novel , " Show Up , Look Good ", was praised by Ben Fountain , " Kirkus ", " Publishers Weekly ", " Psychology Today " s Creativity Blog , Jonathan Lethem , Christine Sneed , Molly Giles , Richard Burgin , Kelly Cherry , Diana Spechler , DeWitt Henry , and T . R . Hummer . Downtown Vancouver is the southeastern portion of the peninsula in the north - central part of the City of Vancouver . It is the business , ___MASK43___ , cultural , financial , government , and ___MASK35___ centre of the city and the Metro Vancouver and Lower Mainland regions . British Columbia ( BC ) is the westernmost province of ___MASK91___ , with a population of more than four million people located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains . British Columbia is also a component of the Pacific Northwest and the Cascadia bioregion , along with the U . S . states of Idaho , Oregon , Washington and Alaska . Del Sol Press was founded in 2002 by Michael Neff of Web del Sol . The first ___MASK57___ published by the press was a revision of Michael Brodsky ' s 1978 novel , " Detour ". Since that time the press has gone on to publish work by Nin Andrews , David Blair , Joan Houlihan , Ander Monson , Don Thompson , Walter Cummins , and Thomas Kennedy , among others . The press also offers a ___MASK11___ prize : The Del Sol Press First Novel Competition . The Robert Olen ___MASK42___ Prize is a prize for short fiction awarded by Del Sol Press in conjunction with Pulitzer Prize - winning ___MASK81___ Robert Olen ___MASK42___ , who chooses the winning story . The winning stories are also collected into an annual anthology , " The Robert Olen ___MASK42___ Prize Anthology ". As of 2009 , three individuals had appeared in the anthology more than once : Jacob M . Appel ( 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 ), Erin Soros ( 2008 , 2009 ) and Mark Wisniewski ( 2008 , 2009 ). Erin Soros is a Canadian ___MASK72___ of short stories . She was awarded the University of British Columbia ' s ___MASK46___ General ' s Gold Medal for a Master ' s Degree in 2001 and the Commonwealth Prize for the Short Story in 2006 . Her fiction has been published widely in such journals as the Indiana Review and the Iowa Review . She is a two - time finalist for the Robert Olen Butler Prize , a winner of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ' s Bob Weaver award for short fiction and has been awarded 2nd prize for the prestigious Costa Short Story Award 2016 . One of her essays was named a notable essay in The Best American Essays 2005 . She has been working on her first novel since 2005 . She holds an Master of Arts in English from the University of British Columbia , an Master of Fine Arts in writing from Columbia University and has completed her PhD program in the school of literature , drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia . The University of British Columbia , commonly referred to as UBC , is a public ___MASK71___ university with campuses and facilities in British Columbia , ___MASK91___ . Founded in 1908 as the McGill University College of British Columbia , the university became independent and adopted its current name in 1915 . It is British Columbia ' s oldest institution of higher learning and has over 60 , 000 students at its Vancouver and Okanagan Valley campuses . Most students are enrolled in five larger faculties : Arts , Science , Medicine , Applied Science and the Sauder School of Business . UBC ' s Vancouver campus is within the University Endowment Lands , about west of Downtown Vancouver . The Okanagan campus , acquired in 2005 , is in Kelowna . The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper , magazine and online ___MASK32___ , literature , and musical composition in the United States . It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American ( Hungarian - born ) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper ___MASK41___ , and is administered by Columbia University in New York City . Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty - one categories . In twenty of the categories , each winner receives a certificate and a US $ 15 , 000 cash award ( raised from $ 10 , 000 starting in 2017 ). The winner in the public service category of the ___MASK32___ competition is awarded a gold medal .