Philip K. Dick Award
1 appearances
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Edition 35 (2017) Winner
Claudia Casper
くらうでぃあ・かすぱー
Kuraudia Kasupā
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1957 （Toronto, Ontario, Canada）
- Nationality
- カナダ, カナダ人
- Languages
- English, German, Spanish, French, Hebrew
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Toronto, Ontario → Vancouver, British Columbia
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Freelance Typesetter, Book Reviewer, Writing Teacher
- Active Years
- 1996-2024
- Nominations
- Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize shortlist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute | — | Unknown | — | — | Canada |
| SEED Alternative School | — | Unknown | — | — | Canada |
| University of Toronto | — | Unknown | Bachelor of Arts | — | Canada |
Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute
Unknown
Country:
Canada
Transferred to SEED Alternative School
SEED Alternative School
Unknown
Country:
Canada
One of Toronto's first free schools
University of Toronto
Unknown
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Country:
Canada
Studied under Northrop Frye
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Philip K. Dick Award | The Mercy Journals | Distinguished Science Fiction | Philip K. Dick Award | winner |
| — | Event magazine creative non-fiction competition | — | — | Event magazine | 1st prize shared |
| — | Federation of BC Writers short fiction competition | — | — | Federation of BC Writers | winner |
Philip K. Dick Award
2016
Work:
The Mercy Journals
Category:
Distinguished Science Fiction
Organization:
Philip K. Dick Award
Result:
winner
Event magazine creative non-fiction competition
Organization:
Event magazine
Result:
1st prize shared
Federation of BC Writers short fiction competition
Organization:
Federation of BC Writers
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Reconstruction
1996 Literary FictionA woman constructs a life-sized model of the hominid Lucy for a museum diorama while trying to recreate herself.
EvolutionFemale identityReconstruction
Adaptations
- [Film] Optioned for film
The Continuation of Love by Other Means
2003 Literary FictionExplores gender conflict through the relationship of a right-leaning father and left-wing daughter in Argentina during the Dirty War.
GenderPoliticsFamily
The Mercy Journals
2016 Science FictionWritten as the journals of a soldier suffering PTSD in the year 2047 after climate change.
WarPTSDClimate changeHumanity
Bibliography
- The Mercy Journals (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016)
- The Reconstruction (Penguin, 1996)
- Dad's Place (Geist magazine, Best Canadian Stories 96, 1996)
- The Continuation of Love by Other Means (Penguin, 2003)
- Victory (Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told, 2001)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic intensityBeautiful writing
- Recurring Motifs
- Human evolutionReproductionWar
Legacy
Canadian writer best known for winning the Philip K. Dick Award for The Mercy Journals, exploring themes of evolution, reproduction, and war.
Trivia
- At age 16, dusted books at Coles bookstore to fund a solo bike trip in Germany.
- Participated in the first Gran Fondo ride from Vancouver to Whistler in 2010.
- Co-created the Carol Shields Labyrinth website with Carol Shields' daughter Anne Giardini.