Munro's highly acclaimed first collection of stories, "Dance of the Happy Shades" (1968), won the Governor General's Award, then Canada's highest literary prize. That success was followed by "Lives of Girls and Women" (1971), a collection of interlinked stories. In 1978, Munro's collection of interlinked stories "Who Do You Think You Are?" was published (titled "The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose" in the United States). This book earned Munro a second Governor General's Literary Award. From 1979 to 1982, she toured Australia, China and Scandinavia for public appearances and readings. In 1980 Munro held the position of writer in residence at both the University of British Columbia and the University of Queensland.