Caroline Adderson
Caroline Adderson ( born September 9, 1963 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ) is a Canadian writer who wrote novels and short stories and won twice the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.
Life
Caroline Adderson was born on September 9, 1963 in Edmonton, Alberta. She studied at the University of British Columbia and graduated there with a degree in education from.
Her first short story collection, Bad Imaginings (1993 ), was one of the shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Fiction and won the 1994 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Her second novel, Sitting Practice could belonging to the BC Book Prizes Award 2004 also decide for themselves. Only Audrey Thomas won the award on three occasions. In addition, the CBC Literary Competition Adderson could already won three times. In 2006 she was honored with the Marian Engel Award, which is awarded annually to a writer in mid-career, to honor her life's work.
The two literary critic of the National Post, Alex Good and Steven W. Beattie, 2010 Caroline Adderson counted among the ten most underrated writers of Canada and recognized in particular the language of her novels show that would stand near the art of poetry.
For the renowned Canadian literary magazine, The Malahat Review and its Jack Hodgins Founders' Award for Fiction in 2011, she represented the jury and spoke the eulogy for award winners Kris Bertin and his short story Girl On the Fire Escape.
Work
- Bad Imaginings (1993 ) ISBN 0889841721
- Pleased to Meet You ( 2006) ( Giller Prize longlist Scotiabank ) ISBN 0887622208
- A History of Forgetting (1999), nominated for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
- Sitting Practice ( 2003) ISBN 0887621295
- The Sky is Falling (2010) Thomas Allen Publishers ( International IMPAC Dublin Literary Longlist Award)
- Mr. Justice (2005) ISBN 0973588136
- Very Serious Children (2007)
- I, Bruno ( 2007)
- Bruno for Real (2008)
- Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week (2012 )
- Middle of Nowhere (2012 )
- Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind (2013 )