Andrew Battershill is a

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writer who cofounded the online literary magazine ''Dragnet Magazine'' with Jeremy Hanson-Finger''.''"Dragnet Magazine: Seriously Funny"
. ''Open Book Toronto'', December 2, 2011. In 2016, his debut novel, ''Pillow'', was longlisted for the

Scotiabank Giller Prize The Giller Prize (known as the Scotiabank Giller Prize from 2005-2023) is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried c ...

and the

Sunburst Award The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual literary award given for a speculative fiction novel or a book-length collection, first awarded in 2001. A young adult category was created in 2008, to differentiate from ad ...

, and a finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in 2016. His second novel, ''Marry, Bang, Kill'', won the 2019

ReLit Award The ReLit Awards are Canadian literary prizes awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories."Three indie writers honoured by ReLit Awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 19, 2007. Founded in 2000 by Newfoundla ...

for fiction. Originally from

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, Battershills studied creative writing at the

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and served as the 2017-2018

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at the

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. He is the brother of writer Claire Battershill.

Awards

Publications

* ''Pillow'' (2015,

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) * ''Marry, Bang, Kill'' (2018,

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)

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