Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (2019) Winner
Kate Harris
ケイト・ハリス
Keito Harisu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1982-01-01 （Ontario）
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Ontario, Canada → Northern British Columbia (near Atlin), Canada
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 2011-2024
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina | — | Glaciology | — | — | United States |
| University of Oxford | — | — | Rhodes Scholar | — | United Kingdom |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | — | — | — | — | United States |
University of North Carolina
Glaciology
Country:
United States
Undergraduate field course in glaciology
University of Oxford
Degree:
Rhodes Scholar
Country:
United Kingdom
As a Rhodes Scholar
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | RBC Taylor Prize | Lands of Lost Borders | — | RBC | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Kobo Emerging Writer Prize | Lands of Lost Borders | — | Kobo | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Edna Staebler Award | Lands of Lost Borders | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature | Lands of Lost Borders | — | — | 受賞 |
RBC Taylor Prize
2019
Work:
Lands of Lost Borders
Organization:
RBC
Result:
受賞
Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
2019
Work:
Lands of Lost Borders
Organization:
Kobo
Result:
受賞
Edna Staebler Award
2019
Work:
Lands of Lost Borders
Result:
受賞
Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature
2019
Work:
Lands of Lost Borders
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lands of Lost Borders
2018 Nonfiction/Travel memoirA nonfiction book describing her experiences bicycling 10,000 kilometres of Asia's historic Silk Road over a 14 month period in 2011.
ExplorationSilk RoadTerrestrial adventureMars aspiration
Bibliography
- Lands of Lost Borders
Legacy
Canadian author acclaimed for her debut book Lands of Lost Borders, winning several prestigious prizes. Lives off-grid and working on a second book.
Trivia
- Dreamed of exploring Mars as a child, leading her to explore Earth instead.
- Currently lives off-grid in a small cabin with her partner in northern British Columbia.