Shandi Mitchell is a Canadian
novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while othe ...
and filmmaker. Her
first novel
A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to pu ...
''Under This Unbroken Sky'' won a 2010
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Bes ...
and other awards. She graduated from
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, and a second medical school campus in Saint John, New Brunswick. Dalhousie offer ...
.
Her newest novel, ''The Waiting Hours'', is slated for publication in 2019.
Awards and honors
*2012:
Kobzar Literary Award KOBZAR Book Award is a biennial literary award that "recognizes outstanding contributions to Canadian literary arts by authors who develop a Ukrainian Canadian theme with literary merit". The prize is . It is awarded in one of several genres: litera ...
, ''Under This Unbroken Sky''
*2010:
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Bes ...
(first novel, Canada and the Caribbean), ''Under This Unbroken Sky''
*2010:
Thomas Head Raddall Award
The Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award is a Canadian literary award administered by the Atlantic Book Awards & Festival for the best work of adult fiction published in the previous year by a writer from the Atlantic provinces. , ''Under This Unbroken Sky''
*2008: Victor Martin-Lynch Staunton Endowment in Media Arts, Canada Council
Works
Literary
*2011 - ''Under This Unbroken Sky'' ()
*2019 - ''The Waiting Hours''
Film
*2002 ''Baba's House'' (short)
*2005 ''Tell Me'' (short)
*2012 ''
The Disappeared''
References
External links
Official website*
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Canadian women novelists
Living people
Dalhousie University alumni
21st-century Canadian novelists
Year of birth missing (living people)