Cedar Bowers is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel ''Astra'' was longlisted for the 2021
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 co ...
. The novel traces the life from childhood through middle age of Astra, a woman who grew up on an agricultural commune in
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...
, through the third-person perspectives of various other figures in her life.
In addition to ''Astra'', Bowers has published short stories in various literary magazines.
Bowers lives in
Galiano Island
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and
Victoria
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* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital
* Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...
, British Columbia, with her husband, writer
Michael Christie.
[Mike Devlin]
"Galiano Island spurs author Michael Christie’s imagination"
''Victoria Times-Colonist
The ''Times Colonist'' is an English-language daily newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
It was formed by the September 2, 1980 merger of the ''Victoria Daily Times'', established in 1884, and the ''British Colonist'' (later the ' ...
'', October 13, 2019.
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21st-century Canadian novelists
21st-century Canadian short story writers
21st-century Canadian women writers
Canadian women novelists
Canadian women short story writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Novelists from British Columbia
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