Shandi Mitchell is a Canadian novelist and filmmaker. Her first novel Under This Unbroken Sky won a 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize and other awards. She graduated from Dalhousie University.
Shandi Mitchell | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Dalhousie University |
| Notable awards | Thomas Head Raddall Award (2010) Kobzar Literary Award (2012) |
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Her newest novel, The Waiting Hours, is slated for publication in 2019.[1]
Awards and honors
edit- 2012: Kobzar Literary Award, Under This Unbroken Sky[2][3]
- 2010: Commonwealth Writers' Prize (first novel, Canada and the Caribbean), Under This Unbroken Sky[4]
- 2010: Thomas Head Raddall Award, Under This Unbroken Sky[5]
- 2008: Victor Martin-Lynch Staunton Endowment in Media Arts, Canada Council[6][7]
Works
editLiterary
- 2011 - Under This Unbroken Sky (ISBN 978-0-06-177402-7)
- 2019 - The Waiting Hours
Film
- 2002 Baba's House (short)
- 2005 Tell Me (short)
- 2012 The Disappeared
References
edit- ^ "28 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2019". CBC Books, January 25, 2019.
- ^ Mark Medley (March 1, 2012). "Shandi Mitchell wins Kobzar Literary Award". National Post. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ^ "Shandi Mitchell wins $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. March 2, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell". Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
- ^ "Shandi Mitchell two-time winner at Atlantic Book Awards | Quill & Quire". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
- ^ http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/au-mitchell-shandi.asp
- ^ "Shandi Mitchell: About the Author: HarperCollins Publishers". Archived from the original on 2009-08-13.