Carrie Snyder

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Snyder at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival in 2013

Carrie Snyder is a

Governor General's Award for English fiction at the 2012 Governor General's Awards.[1] She is also the author of the blog, Obscure Canlit Mama.[2]

In 2014 she published her

Born in Hamilton, Ontario,[1] she currently lives in Waterloo with her husband, four children and a dog.[4] In 2019 and 2020, along with local art groups, she co-coordinated the X Page storytelling workshop for immigrant and refugee women. [5] She spent part of her childhood living in Nicaragua, which is reflected in The Juliet Stories.[4]

Works

  • Hair Hat (2004, )
  • The Juliet Stories (2012, )
  • Girl Runner (2014)
  • The Candy Conspiracy (2015)
  • Jammie Day! (2017)
  • Francie's Got a Gun (2022, )

References

  1. ^ a b "Hamilton native marveling over 'surreal' GG nomination". CBC News, October 4, 2012.
  2. ^ "Obscure CanLit Mama". Carrie Snyder. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  3. ^ Ahearn, Victoria (October 1, 2014). "Carrie Snyder, Miriam Toews among finalists for Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". Winnipeg Free Press. Archived from the original on October 4, 2014.
  4. ^
    The Record
    , February 17, 2012.
  5. ^ "The X Page: A Storytelling Workshop". Retrieved June 17, 2020.