Tammy Armstrong

1974-

Tammy Lynn Armstrong (poet, novelist) was born 26 March 1974 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. She attended school in St. Stephen before moving to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1992. She published her first two books while there, which included a book of poetry, Bogman’s Music (2000), and the novel Translations: Aístreann (2001). In 2005, Armstrong returned to New Brunswick and took up residence in Fredericton. She published Take Us Quietly in 2006 and two years later she published Pye-Dogs (2008). In 2008, she began a PhD in literature at the University of New Brunswick. Bogman’s Music won the Alfred G. Bailey poetry prize and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award. Translations: Aístreann won the David Adams Richards Prize, and Unravel was nominated for the Relit Award. In 2008 she won the William S. Lewis Doctoral Fellowship.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Saint Stephen