Joan Thomas | |
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| Born | 1949 |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genre | fiction |
| Notable works | Reading by Lightning,Curiosity,The Opening Sky,Five Wives |
Joan Thomas (born 1949)[1] is a Canadiannovelist andbook reviewer fromWinnipeg,Manitoba.
Thomas grew up inCarberry, Manitoba and later worked as a freelance journalist and book reviewer forThe Globe and Mail, theWinnipeg Free Press andPrairie Fire, and as a book editor forTurnstone Press. She won aNational Magazine Award in 1996 for her journalism.[2]
Thomas'sdebut novelReading by Lightning won the 2009Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (Canada/Caribbean)[3] as well as theAmazon.ca First Novel Award.[4]
Her second novel,Curiosity, was nominated for theScotiabank Giller Prize, the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, and theMcNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. Both novels were longlisted for theInternational Dublin Literary Award.[citation needed]
Her third novelThe Opening Sky (2014) was shortlisted for theGovernor General's Award for English-language fiction, the Carol Shields Book Award, and the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction. It won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, and was named a CBC book of the year.[citation needed]
In 2014, Thomas was awarded theWriters' Trust Engel/Findley Award for a mid-career writer.[5]
In 2019, her novelFive Wives won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.[6]
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