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Sydney Hegele

シドニー・ヘーゲル

Shidonī Hēgeru

Aliases: Sydney Warner Brooman

Profile

Gender
non-binary
Born
Grimsby, Ontario
Nationality
カナダ, Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Grimsby, Ontario → London, Ontario → Toronto

Career

Occupations
writer, author
Active Years
2021-2024
Influenced By
Alice Munro

Education

University of Western Ontario
Country: Canada

Awards

ReLit Award
2022
Work: The Pump
Category: short fiction
Organization: ReLit
Result: winner
Trillium Book Awards
2022
Work: The Pump
Category: English fiction
Organization: Ontario Arts Council
Result: finalist

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Pump

2021 Southern Ontario Gothic

A volume of interrelated short stories about outsiders living in a small town in Southern Ontario.

outsiderssmall-town lifeGothic

Bird Suit

2024 novel

Debut novel published by Invisible Publishing.

Bad Kids

2026 essay collection

Essay collection edited by Alicia Elliott, forthcoming in 2026.

Bibliography

  • The Pump (2021)
  • Bird Suit (2024)
  • Bad Kids (2026 forthcoming)
  • The Last Thing I Will See Before I Die (2022, poetry chapbook)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Southern Ontario GothicAlice Munro-esque
Recurring Motifs
small-town outsiders

Health

  • Dissociative Identity Disorder
    Cannot separate writing from diagnosis; uses them to help one another.

Legacy

Emerging Canadian writer acclaimed for debut short story collection The Pump, winner of the 2022 ReLit Award for short fiction.

Trivia

  • Identifies as queer and uses gender-neutral pronouns (they/them).
  • Formerly known as Sydney Warner Brooman.
  • Selected by CBC Books for Pride Month reading list in 2022.