Riel Nason is a

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novelist."Riel Nason: Novelist"
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'', December 2013. Her

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'' The Town That Drowned'', published in 2011 by

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, won the

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for Canada and Europe in 2012."Riel Nason's The Town That Drowned wins regional Commonwealth Book Prize"
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'', May 22, 2012. It was also awarded the 2012 Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, was shortlisted for several other literary awards, and was longlisted for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. She lives in

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. Nason is also a textile artist (quilter) and has had several exhibits of her original work as well as writing two books on the topic.

Works

*'' The Town That Drowned'' (2011, ) *''All The Things We Leave Behind'' (2016) *''Modern Selvage Quilting'' (2016) *''Sew a Modern Halloween'' (2017) *''The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt'' (2020)

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Riel Nason
21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian women novelists Living people Writers from New Brunswick People from Kings County, New Brunswick Canadian writers of young adult literature Canadian columnists Women writers of young adult literature 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian women non-fiction writers Canadian women columnists 1969 births Quilters Canadian textile artists {{Canada-writer-stub