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Shaena Lambert

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Shaena Lambert

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1959 （Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada）
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Vancouver, British Columbia (birth) → Toronto, Canada → New York City, United States → Okanagan, Canada → Vancouver, Canada (current)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Short story writer
Active Years
2002-2024
Influenced By
Alice Munro, Yann Martel, Carol Shields
Nominations
Finalist for The Danuta Gleed Literary Award (The Falling Woman, 2003), Nominated for Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (Radiance, 2007), Nominated for Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (Radiance, 2008), Longlisted for Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (Oh, My Darling, 2013)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Falling Woman

2002 Short story collection 216 pages

Collection of short stories published by Random House Canada to widespread critical acclaim. Finalist for The Danuta Gleed Award and a Globe and Mail best book for 2002.

Human heartLayered experience
Translations
  • German: Die fallende Frau (Berlin Verlag, 2003)

Radiance

2007 Novel 336 pages

Story of Hiroshima survivor Keiko Kitigawa who travels to the U.S. from Japan after World War II and her complex relationship with a Long Island housewife.

Aftermath of warCross-cultural relationshipsSurvivor's trauma

Oh, My Darling

2013 Short story collection 208 pages

Collection of stories published by HarperCollins Canada. Globe and Mail and National Post Best Book of 2013.

Petra

2020 Novel 304 pages

Fictional exploration of the life and death of Petra Kelly, Green Party leader and political activist for the planet and human rights in 1980s Germany during the Cold War.

PoliticsEnvironmentHuman rights

Bibliography

  • The Falling Woman (2002)
  • Radiance (2007)
  • Oh, My Darling (2013)
  • Petra (2020)

Translations of Works

  • Die fallende Frau (German, 2003)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Layering experience so one layer comments on anotherUnderstanding of the human heart like Alice MunroGift for inhabiting minds of vastly different characters

Legacy

Acclaimed Canadian novelist and short story writer compared to Alice Munro and Carol Shields. Her writing has appeared in prominent publications like Ploughshares, Zoetrope: All-Story, Toronto Life, and The Walrus, and anthologized multiple times in Best Canadian Stories.

Trivia

  • Married to political consultant Bob Penner, with two children.
  • Website: www.shaenalambert.com
  • Born in Vancouver and currently resides there.