Gail Dianne Bowen SOM (née Bartholomew; born September 22, 1942) is a Canadian playwright, writer of mystery novels and educator.
[1] Bowen's mystery novels feature Joanne Kilbourn, a widowed mother, political analyst and university professor who finds herself occasionally involved in criminal investigations in various parts of Saskatchewan.
[2] Many have been adapted as Canadian television movies by Shaftesbury Films.
Several of her plays have been produced,[3] including Dancing in Poppies, an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, The Tree and an adaptation of Peter Pan, all premiering at the Globe Theatre in Regina.
Bowen was selected as the writer-in-residence for the Regina Public Library[7] from September 2013 to May 2014.