Caroline Adderson (born September 9, 1963) is a Canadian

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and

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writer. She has published four novels, two short story collections and two books for young readers.

Personal life and career

Caroline Adderson was born on September 9, 1963 in

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. She studied at the

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, receiving a degree in education in 1982. Her first short story collection, ''Bad Imaginings'' (1993), was nominated for the

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and won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Her second novel, ''Sitting Practice'' (2003), also won the award. Adderson has won the CBC Literary Competition three times.Banff Centre web site
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, given annually to an outstanding Canadian female writer in mid-career in recognition of her body of work.

Awards and honours

*1993 – Nominee, Governor General's Award, for ''Bad Imaginings'' *1994 – Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, for ''Bad Imaginings'' *1999 – Shortlisted,

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, for ''A History of Forgetting'' *2000 – Shortlisted, Ethel Wilson Prize, for ''A History I of Forgetting'' *2003 – Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, for ''Sitting Practice'' *2006 –

*2006 – Longlisted, Scotiabank Giller Prize for the short story collection ''Pleased to Meet You''

Bibliography

Short stories

* ''Bad Imaginings'' (1993) * ''Pleased to Meet You'' (2006) (longlisted for the Giller Prize)

Novels

* ''A History of Forgetting'' (1999) * ''Sitting Practice'' (2003) * ''The Sky is Falling'' (2010) Thomas Allen Publishers * ''Ellen in Pieces'' (2014)

Novella

* ''Mr. Justice'' (2005)

Children's fiction

*''Very Serious Children'' (2007) *''I, Bruno'' (2007) *''Bruno for Real'' (2008) *''Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week'' (2012) *''Middle of Nowhere'' (2012) *''Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind '' (2013) *''Jasper John Dooley: Not in Love (''2014'')''

References

Sources

* W. H. New, ed. ''Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002: 9.
Records of Caroline Adderson are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books

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