Alex Leslie
Alex Leslie | |
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| Born | Vancouver |
| Occupation | short story writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2000s-present |
| Notable works | People Who Disappear, The Things I Heard About You |
| Website | |
| alexleslie | |
Alex Leslie is a Canadian writer, who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers from the Writers Trust of Canada in 2015.[1] Leslie's work has won a National Magazine Award, the CBC Literary Award for fiction, the Western Canadian Jewish Book Award and has been shortlisted for the BC Book Prize for fiction (the Ethel Wilson Prize) and the Kobzar Prize for contributions to Ukrainian Canadian culture, as one of the prize's only Jewish nominees.
Leslie's fourth book, a collection of poems, Vancouver for Beginners, was published by BookThug in Fall 2019. Leslie's third book, a collection of short stories, We All Need to Eat, was published by BookThug in Fall 2018. Leslie's debut short story collection People Who Disappear was published in 2012,
Leslie's heritage is Ashkenazi Jewish and English.
Writing
Books
- Vancouver for Beginners (2019)
- We All Need to Eat (2018)
- The Things I Heard about You (2014)
- People Who Disappear (2012)
Other works
- Phoenix featured in Best Canadian Stories (2020)
- Eagle Son (2019)
- The Person You Want to See (2015)
- The Living On This Beach (2011)
Awards
Leslie's writing has won numerous awards, Vancouver for Beginners was a finalist for the 2021/2021
References
- ^ a b "Alex Leslie wins 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers". Quill & Quire, June 8, 2015.
- ^ Review: People Who Disappear. Quill & Quire, May 2012.
- Daily Xtra, January 12, 2015.
- ^ "Vancouver for Beginners by Alex Leslie | Book*hug Press". 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
- ^ "WCJ Book Awards". Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
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