Danuta Gleed Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 8 (2005) Nominee
Carrie Snyder
キャリー・スナイダー
Kyarī Sunaidā
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Hamilton, Ontario
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Hamilton, Ontario → Nicaragua → Waterloo, Ontario
Career
- Occupations
- writer
- Active Years
- 2004-2024
- Nominations
- 2012 Governor General's Award for English-language fiction nominee, 2014 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize shortlisted
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Juliet Stories
2012 short story collectionA short story collection reflecting childhood experiences in Nicaragua.
familyimmigration
Girl Runner
2014 novelDebut novel inspired by the 1928 Summer Olympics where women first competed in track and field.
female athleteshistory
Bibliography
- Hair Hat (2004)
- The Juliet Stories (2012)
- Girl Runner (2014)
- The Candy Conspiracy (2015)
- Jammie Day! (2017)
- Francie's Got a Gun (2022)
Legacy
Canadian writer noted for her short story collection The Juliet Stories, nominated for the Governor General's Award.
Trivia
- Maintains a blog called Obscure Canlit Mama.
- Co-coordinated the X Page storytelling workshop for immigrant and refugee women in 2019 and 2020.