Jane Rule, 1931-2007
Jane Rule, the B.C.-based author known for her pioneering treatment of lesbian themes, has died of cancer complications. Rule was born in New Jersey and moved to Vancouver in the 1950s. Her novels include Desert of the Heart, which was made into the film Desert Hearts, and The Young in One Another’s Arms, which was recently reissued by Arsenal Pulp Press under its Little Sister’s Classics imprint. There are major obituaries of Rule at Xtra and at The Globe and Mail.
