Amy Spurway is a Canadian writer from

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, whose debut novel ''Crow'' was published in 2019. The novel, a

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about a woman returning home to

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to reunite with her estranged family after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, was a shortlisted finalist for the 2020

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and the 2020

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for fiction."38 books shortlisted for 2020 ReLit Awards"

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, April 27, 2021. Originally from the

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, Spurway was educated at the

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and Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), and has also written for ''

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'' and the ''

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''.Suzanne Rent
"Dartmouth author Amy Spurway debut novel Crow explores big questions about life"
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'', March 25, 2019. She currently lives in Dartmouth.

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* 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian women novelists People from the Cape Breton Regional Municipality People from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Writers from Halifax, Nova Scotia University of New Brunswick alumni Toronto Metropolitan University alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Novelists from Nova Scotia {{Canada-writer-stub