Krista Bridge is a Canadian writer, whose

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''The Eliot Girls'' was a shortlisted nominee for the 2013

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and the 2014 Amazon.ca First Novel Award."Finalists for Amazon.ca First Novel Award announced"
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'', March 5, 2014. She was also previously nominated for the

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and the

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for her short story collection ''The Virgin Spy'' in 2007."Women of the Week: Krista Bridge"
'' Women's Post'', July 1, 2013. From

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, Bridge was educated at St. Clement's School, and later studied creative writing at the Humber School for Writers. She published her first short story in ''

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'' in 2002.

Works

*''The Virgin Spy'' (2006, ) *''The Eliot Girls'' (2013, )

References

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