Casey Plett (born June 20, 1987) is a Canadian writer, best known for her novelLittle Fish, herLambda Literary Award winning short story collection,A Safe Girl to Love, and herGiller Prize-nominated short story collection,A Dream of a Woman. Plett is atransgender woman, and she often centers this experience in her writing.

Plett was born inWinnipeg,Manitoba and grew up in aMennonite family inMorden, Manitoba.^[2][3] She attended high school inEugene, Oregon, and later moved to Portland for college and New York for graduate school.^[2] She has lived inWindsor,Ontario.^[4] Plett currently teaches atOhio University.^[5][6]

Plett previously wrote a regular column about hergender transition forMcSweeney's Internet Tendency.^[7] She is a book reviewer for theWinnipeg Free Press^[7] and has published work inRookie,Plenitude,The Walrus, andTwo Serious Ladies.^[8]

In addition to her work as an author she is the co-editor with Cat Fitzpatrick ofMeanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers, an anthology ofspeculative fiction fromtransgender authors fromTopside Press.^[9]Meanwhile, Elsewhere received aStonewall Book Award in 2018.^[10] After Topside was disbanded, Plett and Fitzpatrick co-founded LittlePuss Press, done initially to continue the printing ofMeanwhile, Elsewhere. Afterwards, they publishedFaltas, which was the recipient of the2023 Stonewall Award in the nonfiction category.^[11]

She has citedImogen Binnie, Elena Rose, andJulia Serano as some of her influences.^[8]

Her 2014 short story collectionA Safe Girl to Love was reprinted byArsenal Pulp Press with a new afterword from the author in 2023.^[12]

Her short story collection,A Dream of a Woman, was longlisted for the 2021Giller Prize.^[13] Plett then served on theGiller Prize jury in 2022.^[14]

Works by Plett include the following:

• Plett, Casey (2014).A Safe Girl to Love. Topside Press.ISBN 978-1627290050.
• Plett, Casey Plett; Fitzpatrick, Cat, eds. (2017).Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers. Topside Press.ISBN 978-1627290180.
• Plett, Casey (2018).Little Fish. Arsenal Pulp Press.ISBN 978-1551527208.
• Plett, Casey (2021).A Dream of a Woman. Arsenal Pulp Press.ISBN 978-1551528564.
• Plett, Casey (2023).On Community. Biblioasis.ISBN 978-1771965774.

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