Ann Ireland

Ann Ireland (born 1953) is a Canadian fiction author.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she studied at the University of British Columbia, from which she earned a BFA in creative writing in 1976. She is a past president of PEN Canada and is now the coordinator of the Writing Workshops Department at the Chang School of Continuing Education Ryerson University in Toronto. Her 1985 novel, A Certain Mr. Takahashi, was the basis for the 1991 feature film The Pianist.

• 1985: A Certain Mr. Takahashi finalist, Books in Canada First Novel Award
• 1996: The Instructor finalist, Ontario Trillium Award; nominated for Barnes and Noble "Discover these Great New Writers" Award.
• 2002: Exile fiction finalist, Governor General's Awards; finalist for Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Named by Globe and Mail and Quill & Quire Magazine as a top book of the year.

• (16 May 1985). Winner of the Seal $50,000 1st Novel Award. Unknown writer wins $50,000 novel award, StarPhoenix