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Biography

Acclaimed author, playwright and actor Ann-Marie MacDonald, is the host of CBC's award-winning biography series, Life & Times. Ann-Marie's debut novel, Fall On Your Knees has attracted a huge international readership and won critical acclaim. This follows her earlier success as a playwright and actor.

Her works for the theatre include the play Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), which has enjoyed more than fifty productions worldwide. MacDonald has also acted extensively on stage and screen where her work

has garnered many nominations as well as a Gemini Award. Her literary works have earned her the Commonwealth Prize, the Governor-General's Award, the Chalmers Award and the Canadian Authors Association Award.

She is currently at work on a new novel. "I'm a documentary junkie, and people's stories fascinate me, both because of what they choose to reveal and what they reveal quite unconsciously," says Ann-Marie of her role as host of Life and Times. "I like being surprised by a story that I thought I knew - I like finding out that I didn't really know it after all."