Eliza K. Robertson is a Canadian writer.

Education

Robertson studied creative writing and political science at the

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1903 as Victoria College, British Columbia, Victoria Col ...

and graduated with an MA in creative writing from the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

in 2012, where she pursued a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing.

Career

Robertson was a joint winner of the 2013

Commonwealth Short Story Prize The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000 to 5,000 words). The prize is open to citizens of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations aged 18 and over. The Commonwealth Short ...

and has been longlisted twice for the prestigious

Writers' Trust of Canada The Writers' Trust of Canada () is a registered charity which provides financial support to Canadian writers. Founded by Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, Margaret Laurence, and David Young (Canadian playwright), David Young; the W ...

Journey Prize The Journey Prize (officially called The Writers' Trust of Canada McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize) is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by McClelland and Stewart and the Writers' Trust of Canada for the best short stories published b ...

. She was a Journey Prize finalist in 2013 for "My Sister Sang." Robertson's first full-length novel, ''Demi-Gods'', was released in 2017.

Awards

*2013

finalist for "My Sister Sang," published in ''Grain'' *2013

, "We Walked on Water", published in ''

Granta ''Granta'' is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centres on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story's supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make ...

'' *2017 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, "Pheidippides"

Bibliography

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References

Living people University of Victoria alumni Alumni of the University of East Anglia Canadian women short story writers Writers from Vancouver 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian short story writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-writer-stub