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Tracey Waddleton (born September 1, 1979) is a Canadian writer from Newfoundland and Labrador. [1] Her debut short story collection, Send More Tourists...the Last Ones Were Delicious, was the 2020 winner of the ReLit Award for short fiction. [2]

Waddleton was born in St. John's, but grew up in the small town of Trepassey. [3] An earlier draft of Send More Tourists was shortlisted for the province's Fresh Fish Award for emerging writers in 2013, before being published in 2019 by Breakwater Books. [4]

References

  1. ^ Juanita Mercer, "20 Questions with Tracey Waddleton". SaltWire Network, September 23, 2019.
  2. ^ Ryan Porter, "ReLit concludes month-long awards celebration by announcing 2020 winners". Quill & Quire, April 30, 2021.
  3. ^ James M. Fisher, "The Tracey Waddleton Interview". The Miramichi Reader, October 15, 2019.
  4. ^ Carly Rosalie Vandergriendt, "Stories that Travel". Montreal Review of Books, Fall 2019.