Annette Lapointe
| Annette Lapointe | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1978 (age 37–38) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | |
| Notable works | Stolen (2006) |
Annette Lapointe is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel Stolen was a longlisted nominee for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2006. Born in 1978 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, she was educated at the University of Saskatchewan, Memorial University of Newfoundland and the University of Manitoba.[1]
Stolen also won two awards from the Saskatchewan Book Awards, for best first novel and the Saskatoon Book Award,[2] and was nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award.[3] Lapointe was also named Emerging Writer of 2007 by the Canadian Authors Association.[4]
Her second novel, Whitetail Shooting Gallery, was published in 2013.
References
- ↑ Annette Lapointe author profile at Anvil Press.
- ↑ Saskatchewan Book Awards, 2006 Archived September 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Madeleine Thien wins Canada's first novel award for Certainty". CBC News, October 5, 2007.
- ↑ Emerging Writers Award, Canadian Authors Association.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.