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Carleigh Baker is a Canadian writer [1] of Cree-Métis and Icelandic background. [2] Her debut short story collection Bad Endings was a shortlisted finalist for the 2017 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, [3] and won the City of Vancouver Book Award. [4]

Her work has also appeared in subTerrain, Prism International, Joyland and This Magazine.

In early 2019, Baker served as a Berton House writer-in-residence. [5] As of March 2020, Baker is a writer-in-residence for Simon Fraser University's English Department. She is working on a novel called The Matriarchs, "that examines problematic relationships with mothers." [6]

References

  1. ^ "Carleigh Baker creates Bad Endings out of flawed human nature". The Georgia Straight, March 29, 2017.
  2. ^ "Cree-Métis/Icelandic author Carleigh Baker launches 2019/20 SFU writer-in-residency - SFU News - Simon Fraser University". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  3. ^ "David Chariandy, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson among finalists for $50K Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". CBC Books, September 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "Carleigh Baker wins 2017 Vancouver Book Award". Quill & Quire. 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  5. ^ "Carleigh Baker | Writers' Trust of Canada". Carleigh Baker | Writers' Trust of Canada. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  6. ^ "Cree-Métis/Icelandic author Carleigh Baker launches 2019/20 SFU writer-in-residency - SFU News - Simon Fraser University". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-06.