Alex Leslie is a

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writer, who won the

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for

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writers from the Writers Trust of Canada in 2015."Alex Leslie wins 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers"
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'', June 8, 2015. Leslie's work has won a National Magazine Award, the CBC Literary Award for fiction, the Western Canadian Jewish Book Award and has been shortlisted for the BC Book Prize for fiction (the Ethel Wilson Prize) and the Kobzar Prize for contributions to Ukrainian Canadian culture, as one of the prize's only Jewish nominees. Leslie's fourth book, a collection of poems, ''Vancouver for Beginners'', was published by BookThug in Fall 2019. Leslie's third book, a collection of short stories, ''We All Need to Eat'', was published by BookThug in Fall 2018. Leslie's debut short story collection ''People Who Disappear'' was published in 2012, and was a shortlisted nominee for the

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for Debut Fiction and the

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for Short Stories in 2013. Leslie's

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collection, ''The Things I Heard About You'', was published in 2014 and was a finalist for the Robert Kroetsch Award. Leslie was included in Granta's first Canadian literature feature issue in 2018 and in Best Canadian Stories 2020 (Biblioasis). Leslie's writing has also appeared in the anthologies ''Journey Prize 2016'' (Penguin Random House), ''Best Canadian Poetry in English 2014'' (Tightrope), ''09: Coming Attractions'' (Oberon), ''The Enpipe Line'' and ''Friend. Follow. Text. #stories from living online'', and in the magazine '' Plenitude''. Leslie's heritage is Ashkenazi Jewish and English.

Writing

Books

* Vancouver for Beginners (2019) * We All Need to Eat (2018) * The Things I Heard about You (2014) * People Who Disappear (2012)

Other works

* ''Phoenix'' featured in Best Canadian Stories (2020) * Eagle Son (2019) * The Person You Want to See (2015) * The Living On This Beach (2011)

Awards

Leslie's writing has won numerous awards, ''Vancouver for Beginners'' was a finalist for the 2021/2021 City of Vancouver Book Award, as well as the winner of the 2020 Lohn Foundation Prize for Poetry, from Western Canada Jewish Book Awards. Leslie's ''We All Need to Eat'' was a finalist for three awards; the

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Memorial Prize for Fiction in the 2020 Western Canada Jewish Book Awards, the 2020 Kobzar Book Award, and the 2019

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Fiction Award. Leslie's short story collection from 2012, ''People Who Disappear'', was

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for a

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for debut fiction. In addition, Leslie won the 2015

for LGBT writers from the Writers Trust of Canada.

References

External links

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